IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Appeal No. 480 of 2012.

Reserved on: 04.08.2025.

Date of Decision: 11.08.2025.

Rajvir Singh ...Appellant.

Versus o Satinder Kumar ...Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ yes For the ApCpellant : Mr. Shivom Vashistha, Advocate, vice Mr. Hari Shyam Upadhyay, Advocate.

Forh the Respondent : Mr. Ajay Sharma, Advocate.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The present appeal is directed against the judgment dated 04.04.2012, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Court No. III, District Shimla, H.P (learned Trial Court), vide which the respondent (accused before the learned Trial Court) was acquitted of the commission of an offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (in short “NI Act”). (Parties shall hereinafter be referred to in the

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

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

2. Briefly stated, the facts giving rise to the present appeal are that the complainant filed a complaint before the learned Trial Court against the accused for the commission of a