Crl. Revision No. 2126 of 2011 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Revision No. 2126 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision:- 29.09.2011 Gurdeep Singh ....Petitioner Vs. CITI Financial Consumer Finance India Ltd. ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.N. JINDAL Present:- Mr. P.K.S. Phoolka, Advocate, for the petitioner. ***** A.N. JINDAL, J (ORAL) Assailed in this petition is the judgment dated 03.08.2011 passed by the Sessions Judge, Bathinda, dismissing the appeal of the accused-petitioner (hereinafter referred as 'the petitioner') against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 10.11.2010 passed by the Special Judicial Magistrate, Bathinda, under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act,1881. Parties have compromised the matter. Learned counsel for the petitioner has stated that the petitioner has already paid the entire amount involved in the cheque, to the respondent. He has also produced copy of the payment receipt in this regard, which is taken on record. Learned counsel for the petitioner has not assailed the Crl. Revision No. 2126 of 2011 (O&M) 2 judgment of conviction, but has stated that in view of the fact that the petitioner has already undergone about 2 months out of the substantive sentence, a lenient view may be taken. In view of the fact that the petitioner has already made the entire payment of the cheque amount; he has already undergone about 2 months out of the substantive sentence and he has not repeated the offence, it would be in the fitness of the things, if some reduction in the sentence be made. . Resultantly, this petition is dismissed with modification in the sentence to that of already undergone by him, without any alteration in the sentence of fine. (A.N.JINDAL) 29.09.2011 JUDGE ajp