RANCHI, India, Jan. 8 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Dec. 8:
1. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the matter is arising out of Section 138 of NI Act and the learned Judicial Magistrate, XXII, Ranchi, by the judgment dated 07.08.2023 passed in Complaint Case No. 9742 of 2021 has been pleased to hold guilty and the petitioner has been sentenced to undergo S.I. for fifteen months and also imposed a fine of Rs. 15,00,000/- in the form of compensation for having committed the offence under Section 138 of the N.I. Act and in default of payment of compensation amount, the petitioner will undergo simple imprisonment for a period of three months. He further submits that the said judgment of learned tri...