IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE B. P. SHARMA

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ON THE 30 OF JANUARY, 2026 MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 3119 of 2026 SANDEEP YAGNIK Versus ABHISHEK AGRAWAL Appearance:

Shri Pranay Choubey - Advocate for the applicant.

ORDER The present petition under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been preferred by the applicant being aggrieved by impugned order dated 06.01.2026 passed in Criminal th Appeal No.574/2025 (Sandeep Yagnik v. Abhishek Agarwal) by XVII Additional District Judge, Jabalpur, whereby learned Appellate Court while admitting the said criminal appeal for final hearing against the order of conviction passed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, suspended the sentence of the applicant and as a condition for such suspension, directed the applicant to deposit 20% of the compensation amount awarded by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Jabalpur in SC-NIA No.883/2022 dated 01.12.2025, within a period of 30 days from the date of the impugned order i.e. 06.01.2026.

2. Brief facts giving rise to the present petition are that the applicant was convicted for the offence under Section 138 of Negotiable Inst