IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (120)

Date of decision: 04.02.2026 Harmesh Kumar Pahwa .... Petitioner V/s Bamdev Vashisth ...Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. Pushpinder Kaushal Advocate, for the applicant-petitioner. Mr. Birinder Pal, Advocate, for the respondent.

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JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J. (Oral)

The present revision petition has been filed against the order dated 05.01,2026 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, SAS Nagar vide which the appeal preferred by the petitioner against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 13.12.2019 passed by the Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, SAS Nagar, has been dismissed.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the accused-petitioner/Harmesh Kumar Pahwa had borrowed a sum of Rs.9,00,000/- from the complainant-respondent/Bamdev Vashsth. In order to repay the said amount alongwith interest i.e. Rs.11,00,000/-, the accused- petitioner issued three cheques i.e. cheque No.414306 dated 01.05.2017 for a sum of Rs.3 lacs, cheque No.008952 dated 06.05.2017 for a sum of Rs.3 lacs and cheque No.669110 dated 11.05.2017 for a sum of Rs.5 lacs in favour of the complainant-respondent. On pres