IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CrP.R No.29 of 2026 Date of Decision: 17.4.2026 _____________________________________________________________________

Sanjeev Kumar H ……...Petitioner Versus Punjab National Bank …....Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Stharma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporrting?

For the Petitioner: uMr. Vinay Mehta, Advocate.

For the Respondent: Mr. Arvind Sharma & Ms. Kiran Sharma, Advocates.

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Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral)

Instant criminal revision petition, lays challenge to judgment dated 18.11.2025, passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Kinnaur, gSessions Division at Rampur Bushahr, District Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, in Criminal Appeal No.16 of 2025, affirming the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 31.12.2024, in Criminal Case No.89 of 2018, passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kinnaur at Reckong Peo, Himachal Pradesh, whereby the learned trial Court, while holding the petitioner-accused (in short “accused”) guilty of having committed offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (in short the “Act"), convicted and sent