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Rita Devi Vs. Praveen Sood Cr. MP(M) No. 2778 of 2025 11.12.2025 Present: Mr. K.S.Gill, Legal Aid Counsel, for the applicant. Mr. Sanjay Sharma, Advocate, for the respondent. In view of no objection made by
learned
counsel
for
the non-applicant/respondent, delay in filing the present Cr. Revision is ordered to be condoned. The application is, thus, disposed of. Cr. Revision No. _________ Vide order of even date passed in Cr. MP(M) No. 2778 of 2025, delay in filing the present Cr. Revision has been ordered to be condoned. Be registered. Call for the records. List after eight weeks.
Cr. M.P.ST No. 10599 of 2025 By way of present application, under Section 430 read with Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik
Suraksha
Sanhita,
2023, petitioner/applicant has sought the suspension of
order of sentence, dated 22.7.2024, passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Court No. IV, District Shimla, H.P. (hereinafter referred to as ‘the
trial Court’), in case No. 9006225 of 2016, titled as, ‘Parveen Sood versus Rita Devi’, whereby the learned trial Court, vide judgment of conviction, and order of sentence dated 22.7.2024, has convicted the applicant, for the commission of offence, under Section 138 of N.I. Act and sentenced him to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of three months and to pay fine of Rs. 3,50,000/-. In case of default, he has been sentenced to further undergo simple imprisonment, for a period of one month.
The said judgment of conviction and
order of sentence have been affirmed by the learned Addl. Sessions Judge-II, Shimla, District Shimla, H.P. (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Appellate Court’), vide judgment dated 5.7.2025, in Cr. Appeal No. 295 of 2024, titled as, ‘Rita Devi versus Praveen Sood’. Since the revision against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence, as referred to above, will take sufficient long time, for its disposal, as such, the order of sentence dated 22.7.2024, is suspended during the pendency of the present Cr. revision, subject to the following conditions: (i) That applicant shall furnish personal bond in the sum of Rs. 50,000/-, alongwith one surety of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the learned trial Court, within a period of eight weeks from today, with an undertaking that in the event of final dismissal of the revision petition, he will surrender
before the learned trial Court to serve the remainder substantive sentence; (ii) That the applicant shall deposit 20% of the total amount of fine, with the learned trial Court, within a period of eight weeks from today, which shall be in addition to the amount, if any, already deposited by the applicant; (iii) That the applicant shall not leave the country without the prior permission of the Court.
The application is, thus, disposed of.
A copy of this order be sent to the learned trial Court, with the direction that the report of compliance of this order be submitted to this Court, on or before the next date of hearing. (Virender Singh) Judge
December 11, 2025 (kalpana)