Prashar Enterprises ...Petitioner Versus o Prakash Chand & Anr. ..Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the PetitioneCr : Mr. Sanjay Ranta, Advocate.

For Respondent No.1 : Mr. Lalit K. Sharma, Advocate.

For Respondent No.2-State : Mr. Jitender Sharma, Additional Advocate General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge H The present revision is directed against the judgment dated 03.07.2024, passed by learned Sessions Judge, Mandi, H.P. (learned Appellate Court), vide which the judgment of conviction dated 02.01.2024 and order of sentence dated 06.01.2024, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Court No. (3), Mandi, District Mandi, H.P. (learned Trial Court) were upheld. (Parties shall hereinafter be referred to in the same

1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.

manner as they were arrayed before the learned Trial Court for convenience.)

2. Briefly stated, the facts giving rise toH the present revision are that the complainant filed a complaint before learned Trial Court against the accused for the commission of an offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (NI Act