Surinder Sing, J.—The above titled criminal revision petitions involve a common question of law and facts, hence taken up together for its decision.

2. In these revision petitions, the petitioner herein, is an accused convicted and sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay compensation (different amount) in default to undergo further imprisonment, in each of the case under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in short the Act by the learned trial court which were unsuccessfully challenged by him before the Court of Sessions.

3. The factual matrix depicts that the petitioner was running a business under the head and style of M/s. Onkar Enterprises at Mandi. He deputed some agents including the private respondents in these revision petitions to make members and to collect money and promised them to supply the electronic items like, Refrigerator, T.V. and Washing Machines etc. to such customers/at the end of the scheme in the month of April, 2003, private respondents were also

assured to pay them, their commission on the money collected by each of them.

4. It is alleged that the petitioner after receiving the money failed to