IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Harish Chander Kalra …....Petitioner(s).

Versus Uma Dutt Paliwal …....Respondent(s).

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19.01.2026 05.02.2026 Fully pronounced 05.02.2026 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP CHITKARA, Present: Mr. Arjun Sheoran, Advocate for Mr. Manish Boora, Advocate for the applicant-petitioner(s).

Mr. B.S. Mamli, Advocate for the respondent.

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ANOOP CHITKARA, J.

1. This revision petition has arisen out of judgment dated 02.05.2023 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Panipat, vide which the judgment of conviction dated 08.06.2022 and order of sentence dated 09.06.2022 passed by learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Panipat have been upheld, whereby the petitioner-accused was held guilty for offence under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act and was convicted and sentenced, as stated above.

2. Vide order dated 08.01.2026 of this Court, on joint request of the parties, the matter was referred to the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court and the parties were directed to appear before it, where a mediator was ordered to be appointed to mediate be