SUKHWINDER SINGH vs STATE BANK OF INDIA AND ANOTHER

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 235 CRR-2098-2025 (O&M) Date of decision: 14.05.2026 Sukhwinder Singh ...Petitioner(s) VERSUS State Bank of India and another ...Respondent(s) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. T.P.S. Makkar, Advocate for the petitioner(s). Mr. Mohit Kapoor, Sr. DAG Punjab. Mr. Sumit Narang, Advocate for respondent No.1. ***** VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) 1. The instant revision petition has been filed against the impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 16.11.2021 passed by the Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Guruharsahai vide which the petitioner had been convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 01 year and to pay a compensation equivalent to the cheque amount to the complainant for the commission of offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 and the impugned judgment dated 08.08.2024 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge-I, Ferozepur vide which the appeal preferred by the petitioner has been dismissed. 2. The petitioner-accused had borrowed a sum of Rs.16,00,000/- from the respondent-complainant/Bank on 24.06.2015, and in discharge of his