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....tation Khurja Nagar, District Bulandshahr. 3. Counsel for the applicants submits that opposite party no. 2 initiated proceedings under Section 138 N.I.Act, thereafter the trial court after appreciating evidence produced by the parties, convicted the applicant under Section 138 N.I. Act. Thereafter, the applicant filed appeal and the learned appellant court vide order dated 13.03.2026 admitted the appeal and released the appellant on bail with condition that appellant shall deposit 20% of the compensation amount. It is next submitted that the order impugned is liable to be set aside. The first submission of counsel for the applicant is that the trial court has not considered GST report and business transaction between the applicant no. 1 and opposite party no. 2 on the basis of which forged bill was submitted. Second submission is that applicant lodged F.I.R. against the complainant/opposite party no. 2 alleging that cheque has been obtained by illegal way and same has not been considered by the learned Magistrate and without appreciating the evidence, and without appreciating the applicant's objection, the applicant has been convicted. Counsel for the applicant has placed re....
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....the above-referred cheque book. 7. On 12.10.2023, after completion of the investigation, the nominated co-accused Ashish Khanna (opposite party no.2/drawee of the cheque in question) along with other co-accused's Akash Sharma Anil @ Bunty, Hari Singh and Subhash Chandra Khanna have been chargesheeted for commission of an offence under sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B IPC. 8. On 11.02.2025, upon the above-referred chargesheet, dated 12.10.2023, the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khurja, District Bulandshahr, has registered Misc. Case no. 12 of 2025, State vs. Ashish Khana & Others, under sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B IPC, Police station Khurja Nagar, District Bulandshahr, arised out with case crime no.855 of 2021 and next date 07.05.2026 is fixed for argument. 9. On 13.03.2026, vide impugned order, the learned appellate court has heard and rejected the application, marked as Paper no.6B, on inadequate grounds. The learned appellate court in order to reject, applicants application, dated 29.11.2025 i.e. Paper no.6B, has taken into consideration, those facts and documents which cropped-up during pendency of the complaint no.0711 of 2021, dated 13.0....
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.... the objection and decided the same with following observation: "प्रस्तुत प्रकरण में उभयपक्षों द्वारा पृथक-पृथक प्रार्थना पर कागज सं० 6B व 9B प्रस्तुत किये गये हैं। प्रार्थना पत्र 6B अपीलार्थी की ओर से दाखिल कर अधिरोपित जुर्माना एवं सजा के दौरान अपील स्थगित करन....
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....e directed by the Court on sufficient cause being shown by the appellant. (3) The Appellate Court may direct the release of the amount deposited by the appellant to the complainant at any time during the pendency of the appeal: Provided that if the appellant is acquired, the Court shall direct the complainant to repay to the appellant the amount so released, with interest at the bank rate as published by the Reserve Bank of India, prevalent at the beginning of the relevant financial year, within sixty days from the date of the order, or within such further period not exceeding thirty days as may be directed by the Court on sufficient cause being shown by the complainant.] Ins. by Act 20 of 2018, s. 3 (w.e.f. 1-9-2018) उपरोक्त सन्दर्भ में ही धारा 148 एन. आई. एक्ट के तहत क्षतिपूर्ति की धनराशि से 20% धनरा....
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....he right of appeal of the appellant, exception can be made for the reasons specifically recorded. 7.Therefore,when Appellate Court considers the prayer under Section 389 of the Cr.P.C. of an accused who has been convicted for offence under Section 138 of the N.I. Act, it is always open for the Appellate Court to consider whether it is an exceptional case which warrants grant of suspension of sentence without imposing the condition of deposit of 20% of the fine/compensation amount. As stated earlier, if the Appellate Court comes to the conclusion that it is an exceptional case, the reasons for coming to the said conclusion must be recorded. 8. The submission of the learned counsel appearing for the original complainant is that neither before the Sessions Court nor before the High Court, there was a plea made by the appellants that an exception may be made in these cases and the requirement of deposit or minimum 20%o of the amount be dispensed with. He submits that if such a prayer was not made by the appellants, there were no reasons for the Courts to consider the said plea. 9. We disagree with the above submission. When an accused applies under Section 389 of the Cr.P.C. f....
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....;ई. एक्ट के अधीन दण्डनीय अपराध को विचारण हेतु तलब किया गया। अभियुक्ता के विरुद्ध विचारण न्यायालय द्वारा समन, जमानती वारण्ट, गैर जमानती वारण्ट निर्गत किये गये, उसी दौरान अभियुका द्वारा माननीय उच्च न्यायालय....
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....;ालय द्वारा दिनांक 14.09.2022 को आदेश पत्र में किया गया है, किन्तु पत्रावली के अवलोकन से यह दर्शित होता है कि अभियुक्ता द्वारा माननीय उच्च न्यायालय इलाहाबाद के उक्त आदेश का अनुपालन नहीं किया गया है, न ही 20% धनराशि जमा क&#....
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....4;ीय उब न्यायालय इलाहाबाद द्वारा प्रार्थना पत्र अन्तर्गत धारा 482 दं.प्र.सं. No. 41141/2022 में पारित आदेश दिनांकित 16.12.2022 के द्वारा प्रकरण को छः माह के अन्दर निस्तारित किये जाने हेतु दिशा-निर्देश दिये गये, किन्तु यदि विचारण न....
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....3.2023 को विचारण न्यायालय द्वारा खारिज किया गया। इसके उपरांत साक्ष्य के स्तर पर पुनः कई तिथियों तक अभियुक्ता के द्वारा स्थगन प्रार्थना पत्र भी दिये गये । विचारण न्यायालय द्वारा दिनांक 13.03.2023 व उसके उपरान्त विस्तृ....
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....0;े न्यायालय से न्याय की उम्मीद नहीं है और टी.ए भी दाखिल की गई, जो निरस्त हुई। उसी दौरान निगरानी भी योजित की गई जो कि निरस्त की गई। परिवादी की साक्ष्य के उपरान्त तथा बयान धारा 313 दं०प्र०सं० के पश्चात प्रतिरक्षा स....
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....0;ौका समाप्त किया गया। तत्पश्चात दिनांक 06.12.2023 को पुनः अभियुक्ता की ओर से प्रार्थना पत्र दिया गया, जिस पर आदेश पारित करते हुए उसे साक्ष्य के अंतिम अवसर दिया गया। दिनांक 15.12.2023 को अभियुक्ता द्वारा प्रार्थना पत्र मानन....
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....375;। तत्पश्चात माननीय उच्च न्यायालय इलाहाबाद द्वारा प्रार्थना पत्र धारा 482 दं०प्र०स० No. 42880/2024 में पारित आदेश दिनांकित 20.08.2024 अभियुक्ता द्वारा पेश किया गया जिसमें परिवाद की कार्यवाही स्थगित की गयी। तत्पश्चात मामले ....
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....;पत्तिजनक है, किन्तु इसके बाद भी कई तिथियों तक अभियुक्ता द्वारा बहस नहीं की गई तथा अगली तिथि को प्रार्थना पत्र 75B दिया गया। इसके उपरान्त पुनः कई तिथियां बहस हेतु दी गयी। इस प्रकार विचारण न्यायालय द्वारा दिना&#....
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....#2368; कार्यवाही चार वर्षों तक अभियुक्ता के द्वारा मामले को विलम्बित करने के कारण लम्बित रही। जिसमें परिवादी को आर्थिक व मानसिक नुकसानी कारित हुई। अभियुक्ता यह जानती थी कि माननीय उच्च न्यायालय इलाहाबाद द्वì....
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....;गातार विलम्ब किया गया तथा जहां तक आर्थिक स्थिति का प्रश्न है तो स्पष्ट है कि अभियुक्ता स्वयं कंपनी में०आरती इण्डस्ट्रीज की एकल स्वामिनी है। अतएव तथ्यात्मक बिन्दुओं के संबंध में इस स्तर पर विचार नहीं किय&....
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....68;लार्थी का मामला उपरोक्त विधि व्यवस्था JAMBOO BHANDARI के मामले में मा० सर्वोच न्यायालय द्वारा दिये गये सिद्धान्त की परिधि के तहत आपवादिक परिस्थिति में नहीं आता है। जिसका लाभ उसे दिया जा सके। अतएव उपरोक्त समस्त परिस&#....
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....2325;्त दण्डादेश को दौरान अपील निलंबित किया जाना उचित होगा। 11. Considered the argument raised by counsel for the parties. The Hon. Apex Court in paragraphs 8 and 9 of Jamboo Bhandari (supra) has observed thus: "8. The submission of the learned counsel appearing for the original complainant is that neither before the Sessions Court nor before the High Court, there was a plea made by the appellants that an exception may be made in these cases and the requirement of deposit or minimum 20% of the amount be dispensed with. He submits that if such a prayer was not made by the appellants, there were no reasons for the courts to consider the said plea. 9. We disagree with the above submission. When an accused applies under Section 389CrPC for suspension of sentence, he normally applies for grant of relief of suspension of sentence without any condition. Therefore, when a blanket order is sought by the a....