[2026:RJ-JD:9978]

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR S.B. Criminal Revision Petition No. 381/2025 Khivraj Jat S/o Mula Ram, Aged About 35 Years, R/o Sandarda, Tehsil Sojat, Police Station Shivpura, District Pali (Rajasthan)

----Petitioner Versus

1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp

2. Om Singh Rajpurohit S/o Ram Singh, R/o Birawas, Tehsil Sojat, Police Station Shivpura, District Pali. (Raj)

----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Parwat Singh For Respondent(s) : Mr. Surendra Bishnoi, AGA Mr. Gajraj Singh, for the respondent No.2 HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE FARJAND ALI

Order

24/02/2026

1. The present criminal revision is directed against the judgment dated 15.02.2025 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Sojat in Criminal Appeal No. 14/2022, whereby the conviction and sentence recorded by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sojat in Criminal Case No. 353/2016 for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act have been affirmed.

2. The grievance raised on behalf of the petitioner relates primarily to the manner in which the appeal has been decided. It is submitted that though the appeal assailed both conviction and sentence, the learned appellat