246 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 13.02.2025 SUKHJIT SINGH ...PETITIONER V/S STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Himanshu Chauhan, Advocate for Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Nitesh Sharma, DAG, Punjab.

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HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (ORAL)

1. This revision petition has been preferred against the judgment dated 02.05.2013 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Kapurthala, vide which, judgment of conviction and order on quantum of sentence dated 18.01.2011 passed by learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sultanpur Lodhi, Amritsar in a complaint case filed under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter referred to as ‘NI Act’) have been upheld.

2. The petitioner was sentenced as under:

3. Briefly, the case of complainant is that petitioner/accused borrowed an amount of Rs.1,70,000/- from respondent No.2/complainant and in discharge of his liability, the petitioner/accused issued