M/S IMPACT FIRE AND SAFETY APPLIANCE PVT LTD & ANR. vs STATE GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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$~41 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: November 26, 2025 + CRL.REV.P. 557/2023 M/S IMPACT FIRE AND SAFETY APPLIANCE PVT LTD & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: P2 in person versus STATE GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, APP for the State Mr. Vineet Kumar Singh, Adv. for R-2 (through VC) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN AMIT MAHAJAN, J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed under Sections 397/401 read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (‘CrPC’) seeking setting-aside of the judgment dated 01.02.2023 (hereinafter ‘impugned judgment’), passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (‘ASJ’), in Criminal Appeal No. 95/2020, whereby the judgment of conviction dated 11.03.2020 and order on sentence dated 24.09.2020 were upheld. 2. Petitioner No. 2/Sh. Gireesh Arora is the director of Petitioner No. 1/Company. Signature Not Verified Signed By:KAMALDEEPCRL.REV.P. 557/2023 Page 1 of 10 KAUR Signing Date:28.11.2025 21:20:36 3. Vide judgment of conviction dated 11.03.2020, the Petitioners were convicted by the court of learned Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (‘ACMM’), KKD Courts Complex, Delhi, for the offences punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (‘NI Act’). 4. Subsequently, vide order on sentence dated 24.09.2020, the Petitioner No. 2 was sentenced to simple imprisonment for a period of twelve months and a fine in the sum of Rs.2,50,000/- and in the default in payment of fine, to undergo further simple imprisonment for a period of six months. Similarly, the Petitioner No. l company was also sentenced to pay a fine in the sum of Rs.2,00,000/- to Respondent No. 2/Complainant. 5. Succinctly stated, the facts leading to the present dispute ar