Vidhyadhar versus Khem Singh Criminal Revision No. of 2025 22.12.2025 Present: Mr. Guna Nand Verma, Advocate for the applicant/petitioner. Mr. Surila Sangam, Advocate, for the respondent. Cr. MP(M) No.2740 of 2025 In view of the no objections made by learned counsel for the respondent, delay in filing the criminal revision is ordered to be condoned. The application stands disposed of. Cr. Revision No. of 2025 Be registered. Service complete. Before proceeding further, let record of learned trial Court, as well as, learned First Appellate Court, be requisitioned, for the next date of hearing. List on 16th March, 2026. Cr.MPST 10765/2025 Applicant-Vidhyadhar has filed the accompanying revision petition against the judgment dated 30.06.2025 passed by the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Mandi, District Mandi, H.P. (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Appellate Court’), in Criminal Appeal No.2438 of 2023, titled as Vidyadhar versus Khem Singh. Vide judgment dated 30.06.2025, the learned Appellate Court has dismissed the appeal filed by applicant Vidyadhar, against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence, dated 04.11.2023, passed by the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Court No.1, Sarkaghat, District Mandi (hereinafter referred to as ‘the trial Court’), in Complaint u/s 138 NI Act No.102/2019, titled as Akhil Kumar versus Harvinder Singh. Vide judgment of conviction and order of sentence, dated 04.11.2023, the learned trial Court, has convicted the petitioner for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and sentenced him to undergo simple imprisonment, for a period of two months and to pay a compensation of Rs.3,30,000/- to the complainant. Since, the disposal of the revision, filed by the petitioner, against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence, as referred to herein-above, will take sufficient long time, as such, the order of sentence dated 04.11.2023, is suspended, during the pendency of the revision, subject to the following conditions: (i) That the applicant shall furnish personal bond in the sum of Rs.50,000/-, along with one surety of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the learned trial Court, within a period of four 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 30% of the amount of compensation, with the learned trial Court, within a period of four 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 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 22, 2025 (ps)