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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 17.03.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 24.03.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 24.03.2026 + CRL.M.C. 7928/2024 YASIV@YASIR ZAIDI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pulkit Agarwal, Mr.

Anubhav Lamba and Mr.

Shubham Singh, Advocates versus MAN MOHAN ARORA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Dipanshu Krishan, Mr.

Karan Batura, Mr. Anmol Srivastava and Ms. Tanvi Sapra, Advocates CORAM:

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

JUDGMENT

DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J

1. By way of the present petition, the petitioner seeks setting aside of the impugned judgment dated 07.09.2024, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Saket Court, South-East District, New Delhi [hereafter „Sessions Court‟] in Criminal Revision No. 243/2024, whereby the order dated 08.04.2024 passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, Saket Court, New Delhi [hereafter „Trial Court‟] in CC No. 2644/2017 was upheld.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

2. Briefly stated, the respondent had filed a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 [hereafter „NI Act‟] against the petitioner, alleging that the petitioner had obtained a loan of ₹24,00,000/- from the respondent in S