IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

CRM-M-89-2026 (O&M)

Date of decision : 09.01.2026

Rajender Kumar ...Petitioner

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M/s Banke Bihari Bhatta Company ...Respondent

CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA

Present:- Mr. Sunil Sihag, Advocate

for the petitioner.

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MANISHA BATRA, J. (Oral)

1. The instant petition has been filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking quashing of order dated 04.09.2025 (Annexure P-3), passed by the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, Palwal in Criminal Appeal No. 136 of 2025, titled as Rajender Kumar vs. Banke Bihari, whereby, while suspending the sentence of the petitioner, as awarded to him in criminal complaint filed under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short ‘N.I. Act’), the learned appellate Court had directed him to deposit 20% of the compensation amount as awarded by the learned trial Court within a period

of 30 days from the date of passing the order.

2. It is argued by learned counsel for the petitioner that the impugned order is not sustainable in the eyes of law as learned appellate

Court, while giving such direction, failed to consider the fact that the deposit of 20%