IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION (AGAINST CONVICTION -

NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT ACT) NO. 1340 of 2026 ==========================================================

SIVAPRASAD KANUKUNTLA Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.

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Appearance:

MR JAY H PATEL(11511) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR NIRAJ SHARMA, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE GITA GOPI Date : 04/05/2026

ORDER

1. By way of the present application under Section 438 read with Section 442 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the applicant has prayed for conversion of non-bailable warrant into bailable warrant, which was ordered to be issued by the learned 2^nd Additional JMFC & Civil Judge on

17.12.2025.

2. Learned advocate for the applicant submitted that the applicant is desirous of challenging the conviction order and sentence of the same date passed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

3. Learned advocate for the applicant submitted that since non-

bailable warrant has been issued and the sentence could not be suspended for the app