SANJEEV SURI vs JYOTI SADANA

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on : 07.01.2025 + CRL.A. 309/2019 SANJEEV SURI .....Appellant versus JYOTI SADANA ..... Respondent + CRL.L.P. 44/2019 & CRL.M.A. 593/2019 SANJEEV SURI .....Petitioner versus SANDEEP SADANA .....Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Appellant / Petitioner : Mr. Avtar Singh & Mr. Arjun Dhamija, Advs. For the Respondent : CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT CRL.M.A. 593/2019 in CRL.L.P. 44/2019 1. For the reasons mentioned in the application, the delay of 17 Signature Not Verified Signed By:KAMALDEEP KAUR CRL.A. 309/2019 & CRL.L.P. 44/2019 Page 1 of 14 Signing Date:13.01.2025 19:47:51 days in filing the appeal stands condoned. 2. The application stands disposed of. CRL.L.P. 44/2019 3. The leave to file the Criminal Appeal is granted. 4. The petition stands disposed of. CRL.A. 309/2019 & Criminal Appeal /2024 (to be numbered) 5. The present appeals are filed challenging the separate judgments dated 08.08.2018 (hereafter ‘impugned judgments’), passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, in CC No. 12285/2016 and CC No. 11789/2016 respectively. 6. By the separate impugned judgments, the learned Trial Court acquitted the respective accused respondents in the complaints filed by the petitioner for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (‘NI Act’). 7. The brief facts of the cases are that the respective respondents, who are husband and wife, had told the petitioner that they are the legal owners of the entire 2nd floor of property bearing Plot No. WZ- 77 admeasuring 77 sq. yds. out of Khasra No.88/9 and 88/10 situated in the revenue estate of Village Hastsal, Delhi State, Delhi, area known as Colony Prem Nagar, Uttam Nagar, New Delh