IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Criminal Revision No.68 of 2026 Date of Decision: 20.4.2026 _____________________________________________________________________

Gorkh Ram ……...Petitioner Versus Himachal Pradesh State Agriculture & Rural Development Bank Ltd.

…....Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?

For the Petitioner: Mr. Munish Datwalia and Mr. Ram Kumar, Advorcates.

For the Respondent: Mr. Narender Singh Thakur, Advocate.

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Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral)

Instant criminal revision petition, lays challenge to judgment dated 1.8.2025, passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Sirmaur District at Nahhan, Himachal Pradesh, in Criminal Appeal No.46-Cr.A/10 of 2025, affirming the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 28.2.2025, passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Rajgarh, HDistrict Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh in Complaint No. 323/3 of 2022, whereby the learned trial Court while holding the petitioner-accused guilty of having committed offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (in short the “Act"), convi