IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 16.04.2026 Sukhwinder Kaur ....Petitioner Versus Surinder Kumar and another ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMAN CHAUDHARY *****

Present : Mr. Rhythem Bajaj, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. TPS Makkar, Advocate for respondent No.1.

Mr. Jasjit Singh, DAG, Punjab.

AMAN CHAUDHARY, J. (ORAL)

1. The challenge in the present criminal revision is to the order dated 09.02.2026 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fazilka, dismissing the appeal preferred against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 11.06.2020 passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Abohar, vide which the petitioner was convicted and sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for six months under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 (for short, ‘the Act’) and to pay compensation to the tune of Rs.65,000/-

2. The facts relevant as narrated in the complaint filed under Section 138 of the NI Act by complainant-respondent No.1 are that the accused-petitioner had taken a friendly loan from the complainant amounting to Rs.65,000/-, in discharge of which, she had issued a cheque of Rs.55,000/- bearing No.8808