IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Revision No. 18 of 2025 Uday Raj Singh ....Revisionist Vs.

State of Uttarakhand and Another ..... Respondents Present:-

Mr. Divyaman S Sen, Advocate for the revisionist.

Mr. Siddharth Bisht and Mr. Himanshu Sain, Brief Holder for the State.

JUDGMENT

Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral)

The challenge in this revision is made to the order dated 25.10.2024, passed in Criminal Appeal No.125 of 2023, Uday Raj Singh Vs. State of Uttarakhand and Another, by the court of I District and Sessions Judge, Udham Singh Nagar (“the appeal”).

2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.

3. The revisionist was convicted and sentenced under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in Criminal Case No.1370 of 2017, Ashok Bajaj Vs. Uday Raj Singh, by the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate/ 2^nd Additional Senior Civil Judge (Senior Division), Rudrapur (“the case”). This order was appealed by the revisionist in the appeal.

4. In the appeal, the revisionist filed an application under Section 391 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (“the Code”) seeking permission of the Court to take on record an expert report wit