the remedy available to the petitioner was to challenge the order of dismissal of the complaint by seeking special leave to appeal from this Court, by invoking the provisions of Section 378 (4) of the Code. See latest judgment of Hon'ble the Supreme Court of India inSubhash Chand v. State (Delhi Administration), 2013 (1) R.C.R. (Criminal) 1013.
petition under Section 482 of the Code can be considered only in exception cases the relevant remark made by the apex court is reproduced hereunder
"We are convinced that in the instant case, rejection of appellants petition underSection 482 of the Code has resulted in miscarriage of justice. Availability of an alternative remedy of filing an appeal is not an absolute bar in entertaining a petition under Section 482 of the Code. As aforesaid, one of the circumstances envisaged in the said Section, for exercise of jurisdiction by the High Court is to secure the ends of justice. Undoubtedly, the trial court had dismissed the complaint on a technical ground and therefore, interests of justice required the High Court to exercise its jurisdiction to set aside such an order so that the trial court could proceed with the trial on merits.
safest option is to file the appeal under section 378 of Cr.P.C since court will entertain petition under section 482 of Cr.P.C in exceptional cirucumstances