HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR CM(M) No. 118/2026 Reserved on: 20.04.2026 Pronounced on: 28.04.2026 Uploaded on: 28.04.2026 Whethertheoperativepartorfull Judgmentispronounced:Full Riyaz Ahmad Wani age 52 years s/o Gh. Rasool Wani …Petitioner(s)

R/o Tragpora Rafiabad, Baramulla Through: Mr.ParvaizNazir,Advocate Vs.

Abdul Hamid Dar ...Respondent(s)

S/o Sajad Ahmad Dar R/o Haigam Sopore Baramulla Through: None CORAM:

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE WASIM SADIQ NARGAL, JUDGE.

JUDGEMENT

BRIEF FACTS:

01. The petitioner has invoked the supervisory jurisdiction of this Court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, calling in question the Lok Adalat Award dated 08.03.2025 passed in File No. 192 titled Abdul Hamid Dar vs Riyaz Ahmad Wani and the proceedings emanating therefrom.

02. It emerges from the record that the respondent/complainant instituted a criminal complaint under Section 138 read with Section 142 of the Negotiable Instruments Act before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sopore. The complaint was founded on two cheques bearing Nos. 426904 dated 01.06.2024 and 426905 dated 02.08.2024, each for an amount of ₹50,000/-, drawn in favour of the complainant and mainta