Narendra Saran vs State Of Rajasthan (2025:Rj-Jd:6939)
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Rajasthan High Court - Jodhpur

Narendra Saran vs State Of Rajasthan (2025:Rj-Jd:6939) on 4 February, 2025

Author: Farjand Ali

Bench: Farjand Ali

[2025:RJ-JD:6939]

      HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT
                       JODHPUR
                    S.B. Criminal Misc(Pet.) No. 479/2025

Narendra Saran S/o Jala Ram, Aged About 48 Years, R/o Village
Kudi, Tehsil Bhopalgarh, District Jodhpur. At Present Retired
From Executive Engineer Public Health Engineering Department,
Driling Division, Jodhpur, Milk Main Colony, Subhash Nagar, Pal
Road, Jodhpur.
                                                                       ----Petitioner
                                       Versus
1.       State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp
2.       Kishore Singh Bhati S/o Gayad Singh, R/o Plot No. 66,
         Khasra No. 84/03, Akta Nagar, Nandri, District Jodhpur.
                                                                    ----Respondents


For Petitioner(s)            :     Mr. Bhagat Dadhich
For Respondent(s)            :     Mr. Vikram Rajpurohit, Dy.GA
                                   Mr. R.S. Bhati, AGA



                HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE FARJAND ALI

Order

04/02/2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Public

Prosecutor and perused the order dated 04.11.2024 passed by the

learned Additional District and Sessions Judge No.6, Jodhpur

Metropolitan, Jodhpur in Criminal Appeal No.465/2024.

2. Bereft of elaborate details, briefly stated facts of the case are

that the petitioner was tried and convicted for the offence under

Section 138 of the N.I. Act vide judgment dated 01.10.2024

passed by the learned trial Court. Aggrieved of the judgment of

conviction, he preferred an appeal before the appellate forum and

an application under Section 389 CrPC for suspension of sentence

passed by the court below also came to be filed.

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3. Vide the order under assail dated 04.11.2024, the learned

court below has allowed the application under Section 389 of the

CrPC with the condition of depositing 20% of the compensation

amount as directed by the learned trial court. The grief of the

petitioner would be that in view of the mandate of law and the

judgment passed by Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of

Jamboo Bhandari Vs. M.P. State Industrial Development

Corporation Ltd. reported (2023) 10 SCC 446 there is no need

to direct the appellant to deposit 20% of the compensation

amount, instead thereof, 10% of the cheque amount may be

directed to be deposited.

4. In view of the limited prayer, the legal provisions and the law

enunciated in this regard by the Hon'ble Supreme Court, I deem it

appropriate to make a slight modification in the order dated

04.11.2024.

5. Accordingly, the instant criminal miscellaneous petition is

allowed in part and the order dated 04.11.2024 passed by the

learned Additional District and Sessions Judge No.6, Jodhpur

Metropolitan, Jodhpur in Criminal Appeal No.465/2024 is modified

in the manner that now the petitioner would deposit 10% of the

cheque amount instead of 20% of the compensation amount as

directed by the appellate court within a period of one month. The

stay petition is also disposed of.

(FARJAND ALI),J 42-Taruna/-

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