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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
VINOD S.BHARDWAJ
Lalit Kumar – Appellant
Versus
Anil Verma – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J.
1. The instant revision petition has been filed against the impugned judgment of conviction dated 15.02.2023 and order of sentence dated 20.02.2023 passed by the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Gurugram vide which the petitioner had been convicted for commission of offence under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 and had been sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of six months and has also been directed to pay a compensation of Rs.25,00,000/- i.e the cheque amount to the complainant and in default thereof to undergo further simple imprisonment for a period of one month.
2. The appeal preferred by the petitioner against the aforesaid judgment of conviction and order of sentence was also dismissed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Gurugram, vide judgment dated 12.03.2025 passed in Criminal Appeal No.170 of 2023. Aggrieved thereof, the instant petition has been filed.
3. Counsel appearing on behalf of the appellant have placed on record the original compromise deed alongwith cash receipt of Rs. 1,20,000/- and the same are taken on record as Mark ‘A’. The relevant part of the compromise deed is extracted as under:-
“This co
The judgment established the principle that the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court under Section 482 of the CrPC supported by Section 147 of the NIA can be invoked to quash proceedings based on ....
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