Mr. Paramjeet Singh, J.:- The genesis of factual matrix lies over a dispute between a commission agent (respondent-complainant) and a farmer (petitioner-accused) which ended up in filing of a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (in short, ‘N.I.Act). Now-a-days, the people prefer to carry and execute a small piece of paper called cheque than the currency worth of cheque. The N.I.Act is a promptitude remedy to keep a close watch on the economic offence of cheating a person to whom a cheque is issued towards discharge of a debt.

2. Present criminal revision has been preferred by the petitioner against judgment dated 19.05.2014 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Fazilka, thereby dismissing the appeal filed by the petitioner against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 20.03.2012 passed by the Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Abohar, vide which the petitioner has been convicted for an offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (in short, ‘N.I.Act’) and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of two years and to pay a fine of Rs.2,500/-, in default to undergo simple imprisonmen