SH SURESH KUMAR vs SH KULDEEP SINGH

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: December 11, 2025 CRL.REV.P.(NI) 110/2025 SH SURESH KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pradeep Kumar, Adv. (through VC) versus SH KULDEEP SINGH .....Respondent Through: Ms. Gurpreet Kaur, Adv. (through VC) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN AMIT MAHAJAN, J. (Oral) 1. The present petition is filed against the judgment dated 27.03.2025 (hereafter ‘impugned judgment’) passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (‘ASJ’), West District, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi in Cr. Appeal No. 260/2023. 2. By the judgment of conviction dated 04.07.2023 passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, the petitioner was convicted for an offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881('NI Act’). Further, by the order on sentence dated 10.07.2023 passed by the learned MM, the petitioner was directed to undergo imprisonment for a period of one month and was directed to pay a fine of ₹5,00,000/- and in default of payment of fine to further undergo imprisonment for a period of one month. 3. By the impugned judgment, the learned ASJ upheld the judgment of conviction dated 04.07.2023, and partly modified the 4. Succinctly state