[2026:RJ-JP:19852]

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous (Petition) No. 2988/2018 Bharat Jharoli S/o Shri Uday Lal Jarauli, Aged About 58 Years, R/o House Number 45, Near Central School Road, Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh.

----Petitioner Versus

1. State Of Rajasthan Through Pp, Rajasthan.

2. Rajiv Pokharna S/o Shri Ratnesh Pokharna, Aged About

52 Years, R/o R-6, Indra Puri, Lalkothi, Jaipur, Raj.

----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Rakshit Jain, for Mr. Jitendra Mishra For Respondent(s) : Mr. Amit Kumar Punia, P.P.

Mr. Vinod Kumar Sharma HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GANESH RAM MEENA

Order

11/05/2026

1. This petition has been filed by the accused-petitioner with a challenge to the order dated 03.01.2018 whereby the application filed under Sections 245(2) Cr.P.C. was dismissed and so also the order dated 17.03.2018 whereby the revision petition filed by the petitioner with a challenge to the order dated

03.01.2018 was also dismissed.

2. Learned counsel for the accused-petitioner submits that the subordinate Court has taken cognizance for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the N.I. Act solely on the basis of a photocopy of the cheque alleged to have bee