IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION (AGAINST ORDER PASSED BY SUBORDINATE COURT) NO. 1355 of 2026 ================================================================

SUSHILKUMAR JETHABHAI RATHOD Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.

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Appearance:

MS N M ZAVERI(13091) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR NIRAJ SHARMA, ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ================================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE GITA GOPI Date : 07/05/2026

ORDER

1. RULE. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor waives service of notice of Rule on behalf of respondent–State.

2. By way of this application, the challenge is given to the concurrent findings of conviction and sentence passed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

3. Learned advocate for the applicant submits that 20% of the cheque amount has already been deposited before the learned Appellate Court. Learned advocate for the applicant also produces before this Court a copy of the receipt of the above payment. It was, therefore, prayed that the present application may be allowed and the sentence