IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:05.02.2025 Atara @ Atar Singh . . . . Petitioner Vs.

Parveen Kumar and another . . . . Respondents ****

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH ****

Present: Mr. Rishi Pal Chaudhary, Advocate for the petitioner.

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SANJAY VASHISTH, J.

1. Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, is for quashing of the impugned order dated 29.11.2024 (Annexure P- 2), passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Kurukshetra in Criminal Appeal No.CRA- 264/2024, titled as ‘Atara @ Atar Singh Vs. Parveen Kumar’, whereby, learned Court directed the petitioner to deposit 20% of the compensation amount.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has stated that petitioner was prosecuted in a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short, ‘the Act’) and he was convicted by learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Kurukshetra, under Section 138 of the Act, vide judgment dated 28.10.2024 (P-1) and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one month and was also ordered to pay compensation of Rs.3,00,000/- (Rupees three lacs only only) i.e. one and half times of the cheque