IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 24^th September, 2025

1. CRR-2276-2023 V.R. Brothers ...Petitioner Versus Navneet Aggarwal ...Respondent

2. CRR-1686-2023 Navneet Aggarwal ...Petitioner Versus V.R. Brothers ...Respondent

3. CRR-2278-2023 V.R. Brothers ...Petitioner Versus Navneet Aggarwal ...Respondent

4. CRR-1688-2023 Navneet Aggarwal ...Petitioner Versus V.R. Brothers ...Respondent

5. CRR-2279-2023 V.R. Brothers ...Petitioner Versus Navneet Aggarwal ...Respondent

6. CRR-1683-2023 Navneet Aggarwal ...Petitioner Versus V.R. Brothers ...Respondent

7. CRR-2280-2023 V.R. Brothers ...Petitioner Versus Navneet Aggarwal ...Respondent

8. CRR-1685-2023 Navneet Aggarwal ...Petitioner Versus V.R. Brothers ...Respondent

9. CRR-2281-2023 V.R. Brothers ...Petitioner Versus Navneet Aggarwal ...Respondent

10. CRR-1675-2023 Navneet Aggarwal ...Petitioner Versus V.R. Brothers ...Respondent

11. CRR-2283-2023 V.R. Brothers ...Petitioner Versus Navneet Aggarwal ...Respondent

12. CRR-1687-2023 Navneet Aggarwal ...Petitioner Versus V.R. Brothers ...Respondent

13. CRR-2285-2023 V.R. Brothers ...Petitioner Versus Navneet Aggarwal ...Respondent

14. CRR-1690-2023 Navneet Aggarwal ...Petitioner Versus V.R. Brothers ...Respondent

15. CRR-2287-2023 V.R. Brothers ...Petitioner Versus Navneet Aggarwal ...Respondent

16. CRR-1677-2023 Navneet Aggarwal ...Petitioner Versus V.R. Brothers ...Respondent

17. CRR-2316-2023 V.R. Brothers ...Petitioner Versus Navneet Aggarwal ...Respondent

18. CRR-1689-2023 Navneet Aggarwal ...Petitioner Versus V.R. Brothers ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Sanjay Kaushal, Senior Advocate with Mr. A.P. Setia, Advocate and Mr. Ankit Rana, Advocate for the petitioner.

Respondent in person with Mr. Yogesh Goel, Ms. Ashima Teria and Ms. Ankita Jamwal, Advocates.

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MANISHA BATRA, J (ORAL):-

The above mentioned revision petition Nos. 2276, 2278, 2279, 2280, 2281, 2283, 2285, 2287 and 2316 of 2023, have been filed by the complainant-V.R. Brothers whereas the revision petition Nos. 1675, 1677, 1683, 1685, 1686, 1687, 1688, 1689 and 1690 of 2023 have been filed by the accused Navneet Aggarwal (hereinafter to be mentioned as ‘accused’) against the judgments of conviction and orders on quantum of sentence dated 15.10.2019 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Ludhiana in nine criminal complaints bearing Nos. 8706, 8707, 8714, 8715, 8717, 8718, 8720, 8721 and 8722 of 2017, titled as ‘V.R. Brothers vs. Alpine Garments and others’, whereby the accused had been held guilty and convicted for commission of offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (For short, ‘NI Act’) and judgments dated 15.07.2023 passed by the learned Appellate Court in criminal appeals bearing CIS Nos. CRA- 2847 of 2019, 2848 of 2019, 2850 of 2019, 2851 of 2019, 2852 of 2019, 2855 of 2019, 2859 of 2019 and 2860 of 2019 filed by accused whereas, CIS Nos. CRA-9 of 2023, 10 of 2023, 12 of 2023, 13 of 2023, 15 of 2023, 18 of 2023, 19 of 2023 and 20 of 2023 filed by complainant, whereby the judgments of the trial Court were affirmed with regard to the conviction of the accused but compensation amount was enhanced.

2. Since parties in all these revision petitions are common and these revision petitions have been filed against the same judgments and relate to cheques which were issued as part of the same transaction, and as the facts as well as questions of law involved are also the same, hence, they have been taken up and heard together. They are being disposed of by this common judgment.

3. For the sake of continuity and coherence, hereinafter the parties shall be referred to as per their original nomenclature as given at the time of trial.

4. The aforementioned nine complaints were filed by the complainant, M/s V.R. Brothers, which is a partnership firm engaged in the business of ready-made garments through its authorized signatory and power of attorney holder Vishal Bhalla on the all