JUDGMENT :

AJAY MOHAN GOEL, J.

1. By way of this appeal, the appellant has challenged the judgment passed by the Court of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Chachiot at Gohar, District Mandi, H.P. in case bearing Complaint No. 2081/2005, titled as Dolma Devi vs. Roshan Lal, in terms whereof, a complaint filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act by the present appellant was dismissed by the learned Court below.

2. Brief facts necessary for the adjudication of the present appeal are that the appellant/complainant (hereinafter to be referred as the ‘complainant’) filed a complaint filed against the respondent under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, on the ground that she had filed objections before the Land Acquisition Officer, Bilaspur against an award which was made in favour of the accused. During said proceedings, the parties arrived at a compromise and in terms of the compromise, a cheque for an amount of Rs. 3,00,000/- was issued by the accused to the complainant, i.e. cheque No. 0012360, drawn upon H.P. State Cooperative Bank, Branch Beri, at Bilaspur, H.P. The cheque was submitted by the complainant in Punjab National Bank, Jachh where she wa