IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRR-493-2026 (O&M)

Date of decision: 23.02.2026 Inderjit @ Inderjit Singh ....Petitioner Versus Jasbir Singh ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMAN CHAUDHARY *****

Present : Mr. Mohan Singh Chauhan, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. R.S. Dhaliwal, Advocate for the respondent *****

AMAN CHAUDHARY, J. (ORAL)

CRM-8274-2026 For the reasons mentioned the application, the same stands allowed. Delay of 373 days in filing the revision petition is hereby condoned.

CRR-493-2026 (O&M)

1. The challenge in the present criminal revision is to the order dated 11.02.2025 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Tarn Taran, dismissing the appeal preferred against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 08.11.2025 passed by learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Khadur Sahib, vide which the petitioner was convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 (for short, ‘the Act’) and to pay compensation to the tune of Rs.2,50,000/-.

2. The facts relevant as narrated in the complaint filed under Section 138 of the NI Act are that the accused-petitioner h