IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

240 Date of decision: 11.02.2026 Ashwani @ Ashwani Sharma ...Petitioner(s)

VERSUS Ashok Kumar and another ...Respondent(s)

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Pankaj Bali, Advocate for the petitioner(s).

Mr. Rajinder K. Singla, Advocate for Mr. Ankit Aggarwal, Advocate for respondent No.1-complainant.

Mr. Paras Talwar, Sr. DAG Haryana.

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VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral)

1. The instant revision petition has been filed against the impugned judgment and order of sentence dated 20.03.2018/21.03.2018 passed by the Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Karnal vide which the petitioner had been convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 06 months and to pay a compensation equivalent to the cheque amount of Rs.1,00,000/- to the complainant for the commission of offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 and the impugned order dated 02.04.2022 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Karnal vide which the appeal preferred by the petitioner has been dismissed for want of prosecution.

2. The petitioner-accused and respondent-complainant had a friendly relationship, and the petitio