2022 (4) TMI 62

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....ind Sharma, Additional Advocates General and Gaurav Sharma, Deputy Advocate General ORDER Instant criminal revision petition filed under Ss. 397 and 401 CrPC, lays challenge to judgment dated 11.1.2022 passed by learned Sessions Judge, Kangra at Dharamshala, District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh in Cr. Appeal No. 27-K/X/2019, affirming judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 25.6.2019....

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....he lent Rs. 1.00 Lakh to the accused on his request. Though, the aforesaid amount was to be repaid within one year but since the accused failed to make payment of the amount, he issued a cheque amounting to Rs. 1.00 Lakh drawn upon Punjab National Bank, Sidhpur from his account, in favour of the complainant. However, the fact remains that the said cheque on its presentation was dishonoured on acco....

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.... dated 11.1.2022. In the aforesaid background, accused has approached this court in the instant proceedings, praying therein for his acquittal after setting aside judgments of conviction and order of sentence passed by learned Courts below. 4. On 7.2.2022, this court suspended substantive sentence imposed upon the accused by learned trial Court subject to depositing the entire amount of compens....

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....sed, for compounding of offence is allowed and he(accused) is acquitted of the charge framed under S.138 of the Act. 2. Since the accused has no objection to release entire amount of compensation deposited by him with learned trial Court and further the complainant also has no objection for compounding the offence, in the event of release of entire amount of compensation in his favour, this cou....