Criminal Revision No. 289 of 2009 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. 1. Criminal Revision No. 289 of 2009 Date of Decision: 18.2.2009 Raghu Nandan Goel …Petitioner Versus Banwari Lal Gupta (Advocate) …Respondent 2. Criminal Revision No. 291 of 2009 Raghu Nandan Goel …Petitioner Versus Banwari Lal Gupta (Advocate) …Respondent 3. Criminal Revision No. 292 of 2009 Raghu Nandan Goel …Petitioner Versus Banwari Lal Gupta (Advocate) …Respondent 4. Criminal Revision No. 293 of 2009 Raghu Nandan Goel …Petitioner Versus Banwari Lal Gupta (Advocate) …Respondent Criminal Revision No. 289 of 2009 2 AND 5. Criminal Revision No. 294 of 2009 Raghu Nandan Goel …Petitioner Versus Banwari Lal Gupta (Advocate) …Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. R.S. Rai, Senior Advocate with Ms. Meenakshi Dogra, Advocate for the petitioner (In all the Criminal Revision Petitions) Mr. Sandeep Jasuja, Advocate for the respondent (In all the Criminal Revision Petitions) Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) In Criminal Revision No. 289 of 2009, petitioner Raghu Nandan Goel was prosecuted at the instance of Banwari Lal Gupta in a complaint under Section 138 read with Section 142 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. He has been sentenced to six months imprisonment and pay a fine of Rs.1,00,000/- as compensation to the complainant. The petitioner was prosecuted as cheque drawn by him amounting to Rs.77,000/- had bounced. In Criminal Revision No. 291 of 2009 also petitioner Raghu Nandan Goel was prosecuted at the instance of same complainant Banwari Lal Gupta on the ground that cheque issued by him amounting to Rs.1,00,000/- had bounced. He has been also sentenced to six months imprisonment and pay a fine a sum of Rs.1,25,000/- as Criminal Revision No. 289 of 2009 3 compensation to the complainant. In Criminal Revision No. 292 of 2009 also petitioner Raghu Nandan Goel was prosecuted at the instance of same complainant Banwari Lal Gupta on the ground that cheque issued by him amounting to Rs.1,00,000/- had bounced. He has been also sentenced to six months imprisonment and pay a fine a sum of Rs.1,25,000/- as compensation to the complainant. In Criminal Revision No. 293 of 2009 also petitioner Raghu Nandan Goel was prosecuted at the instance of same complainant Banwari Lal Gupta on the ground that cheque issued by him amounting to Rs.1,00,000/- had bounced. He has been also sentenced to six months imprisonment and pay a fine a sum of Rs.1,25,000/- as compensation to the complainant. In Criminal Revision No. 294 of 2009 also petitioner Raghu Nandan Goel was prosecuted at the instance of same complainant Banwari Lal Gupta on the ground that cheque issued by him amounting to Rs.1,00,000/- had bounced. He has been also sentenced to six months imprisonment and pay a fine a sum of Rs.1,25,000/- as compensation to the complainant. By this common order, the aforesaid five criminal revision petitions will be decided together. During the course of arguments, Mr. R.S.Rai, Senior Advocate, assisted by Ms. Meenakshi Dogra, Advocate, appearing for the petitioner, has handed over the entire amount of cheques by way of draft amounting to Rs.4,77,000/- to Mr. Sandeep Jasuja, Advocate, appearing on behalf of the respondent. Complainant is present in person Criminal Revision No. 289 of 2009 4 also. Draft has been handed over to him by Mr. Jasuja, his counsel. Photocopy of the draft has been placed on record. An agreement has been arrived between the parties that over and above the amount of draft, Rs.50,000/- shall be paid as interest to the complainant. Therefore, Mr. Rai had handed over a cheque drawn in favour of the complainant amounting to Rs.50,000/- to Mr. Sandeep Jasuja, Advocate. Mr. Rai has undertaken that the cheque shall be encashed. In view of the agreement arrived between the parties, sentence awarded upon the petitioner in all the five revision petitions is reduced to already undergone. However, in case the amount of cheque is not encashed, the benefit of reduction in sentence shall not accrue to the petitioner. He will be taken into custody then. With the observations made above, all the five revision petitions are disposed off. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge February 18, 2009 “DK”