PARAMJEET SINGH vs THE STATE NCT OF DELHI & ORS.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 21st March, 2025 Pronounced on: 27th June, 2025 + CRL.A. 385/2025 PARAMJEET SINGH S/o Late Shri Jagmohan Singh R/o 4/34, 1st Floor Geeta Colony, Delhi-110031 ...Appellant Through: Mr. Krishan Kumar, Mr. S.P. Nangia and Mr. Shivam Bedi, Advocates. versus 1. THE STATE NCT OF DELHI Through Standing Counsel (Crl) 437, Lawyers‟ Chamber Block-I Delhi High Court, New Delhi-110003 ....Respondent No.1 2. SURJIT SINGH S/o Shri Rajinder Singh R/o 3/3, 195, Arya Nagar Zaheerabad (Telangana) District Medah-502220 Mobile: 9515015253, 6300980249 ....Respondent No.2 3. INDER KAUR W/o Shri Rajinder Singh R/o 3/3, 195, Arya Nagar Zaheerabad (Telangana) District Medah-502220 Mobile: 9515015253, 6300980249 ....Respondent No.3 Through: Mr. Shoaib Haider, APP for the State. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T Signature Not Verified Signed By:RITA CRL.A.385/2025 Page 1 of 13 SHARMA Signing Date:02.07.2025 11:55:49 NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. Criminal Appeal under Section 378 read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as ‘Cr.PC’) has been filed on behalf of the Appellant, Paramjeet Singh against the Impugned Judgment dated 03.11.2020 whereby the learned Metropolitan Magistrate- 04, Patiala House Courts, Delhi, has dismissed the Complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, (hereinafter referred to as ‘N.I. Act’) and has acquitted the Respondent Nos. 2 and 3. 2. Briefly stated, the case of the Complainant/Paramjeet Singh (Appellant herein) was that the Accused No. 2/Ms. Inder Kaur (Respondent No. 3 herein), was known to him as she was providing Beauty Home Care services, of which his wife, Smt. Satinder Kaur was a regular customer. 3. In the beg