JUDGMENT :

Virender Singh, J.

Petitioner-Sanjay Chauhan has filed the present revision petitions against the judgments dated 29.11.2023, passed by learned Sessions Judge, Shimla, H.P. (hereinafter referred to as the ‘First Appellate Court’), in Criminal Appeal Nos.176, 177, 183, 184 of 2023, titled as Sanjay Chauhan versus Anurag Chauhan.

2. By way of judgments dated 29.11.2023, the learned First Appellate Court has dismissed the appeals filed by the petitioner against the judgments of conviction dated 01.08.2023 and orders of sentence dated 21.08.2023, passed by the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Shimla, District Shimla, H.P., (hereinafter referred to as the ‘trial Court’), in Complaint u/s 138 of NI Act Nos.1110, 1111, 1114 and 1115 of 2019, titled as Anurag Chauhan versus Sanjay Chauhan.

3. Vide judgments of conviction dated 01.08.2023 and orders of sentence dated 21.08.2023, learned trial Court has convicted the petitioner, in all the cases, for the offence, punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (hereinafter referred to as the ‘NI Act’) and sentenced him to undergo simple imprisonment, for a period of six months and to pay a fine of Rs.5,20,000