Instant criminal revision petition filed under Section 401 read with Section 397 of Cr.P.C., lays challenge to judgment dated 29.11.2023, passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Una, District Una, H.P., in Criminal Appeal No.134 of 2023, titled as Chattar Singh Vs. Sanjeev Kumar, affirming judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 22.07.2023, passed by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.1, Una, District Una, Himachal Pradesh, bearing CIS Regd. No.24842 of 2013, case No.206-I-2013, whereby the learned trial Court while holding the petitioner-accused (hereinafter, “accused”) guilty of having committed offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (in short the “Act"), convicted and sentenced him to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of one year and pay compensation to the tune of ₹4,00,000/- to the respondent-complainant.

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Precisely, the facts of the case, as emerge from the record are that respondent-complainant (hereinafter, ‘complainant’) instituted a complaint under Section 138 of the Act, in the competent Court of law, stating therein that accused, being familiar with him, borrowed sum of ₹2,00,000/- from him