The court modified the compensation amount after correcting the interest calculation under the NI Act, ensuring legal procedures for bail were adequately addressed.

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% 26.08.2025 CRL.M.A. 25379/2025 (seeking exemption from filing true typed copies of annexure C) and CRL.M.A. 25380/2025 (seeking exemption from filing the certified copy of annexures B)

1. Exemption is granted, subject to all just exceptions.

2. The Applicant shall file legible and clearer copies of exempted documents, compliant with practice rules, before the next date of hearing.

3. Accordingly, the applications stand disposed of.

CRL.REV.P.(NI) 193/2025

4. The present revision petition impugns judgement dated 14^th August, 2025 passed by ASJ-04, Central District, Tis Hazari, Delhi arising from the impugned judgement dated 25^th October, 2023 and order on sentence dated 18^th November, 2023 under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act , 1881, [1“NIAct”] passed by MM, N.I. Act-02, Central, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi.

13. Renotify on 27^th November, 2025.

CRL.M.(BAIL) 1800/2025 (seeking suspension of sentence)

4. The present application under Section 430 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023, [2“ BNSS ”] (formerly Section 389 of the Code of Criminal Procedure , 1973, [3“Cr.P.C”]) seeks suspension of sentence, till disposal of the above captioned petition.

5. By judgment dated 25^th October, 2023, the Petitioner was convicted for the offence under Section 138 of the NI Act. He was sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for three months and was further directed to pay INR 1,50,000/-, being the cheque amount in question. Additionally, the Trial Court directed payment of simple interest @ 9% per annum on the cheque amount from the date of filing of the complaint till the date of judgment, which was calculated as INR 2,33,434.93/-. Accordingly, the Petitioner was directed to pay a total sum of INR 3,83,434.93/- (i.e., sum total of cheque value of INR 1,50,000/- and interest of INR 2,33,434.93/-), within 30 days of the judgment, failing which he was to undergo an additional simple imprisonment of three months.

6. In appeal, the Sessions Court upheld the conviction, but modified the sentence upon finding that the Trial Court had erred in computing the interest amount as INR 2,33,434.93/-, instead of the correct figure of INR 83,325/-. Consequently, the sentence was modified, and the Petitioner was taken into custody to serve the imprisonment, with a direction to pay INR

2,33,325/- (i.e., sum total of INR 1,50,000/- and INR 83,325/-) as compensation, and in default thereof, to further undergo simple imprisonment for three months.

6. Mr. Upender Kumar, counsel for the Petitioner, submits that the Petitioner has been in custody since 4^th August, 2025. He further states that of the total compensation amount of INR 2,33,325/-, a sum of INR 46,650/- has already been deposited before the Sessions Court, and the remaining amount, in terms of the modified sentence, shall be deposited before this Court.

7. In light of the foregoing, subject to the deposit of the balance amount, the Petitioner is directed to be released on bail, upon furnishing a bail bond in the sum of INR 25,000/- with two sureties of the like amount, subject to the satisfaction of the concerned Jail Superintendent/Trial Court/ Duty MM on the following conditions:

(a) The compensation amount shall be kept in a fixed deposit;

(b) The Applicant shall, under no circumstance, leave the NCT of Delhi, without permission of the Trial Court, during the period of his release;

(c) The Applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case or tamper with the evidence of the case, in any manner whatsoever;

(d) The Applicant shall provide the address where he would be residing after his release and shall not change the address without informing the concerned IO/ SHO;

(e) The Applicant shall, up