JUDGMENT :

(Harpreet Singh Brar, J.) :

The above-mentioned appeals have been preferred by the appellant-complainant against the judgment of acquittal dated 10.07.2001 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Jalandhar in Criminal Appeal No.20 of 1999 and No.21 of 1999 setting aside the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 31.10.1998 passed by learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Jalandhar in Complaint Case No.125/2//1997 and No.124/2/1997, filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter referred to as NI Act), respectively.

2. This common order of mine shall dispose of both of the abovementioned appeals since they arise out of same factual background with only difference being the cheque amount, the details of which are as follows: -

3. For the sake of brevity, the facts of the case