Script Not Getting Executed Via CRON

I have a small script1 scheduled via cron to run every 20 mins to invoke script2 if script2 is not running.
When i run script1 from cmd line it works fine but when it is scheduled via cron it doesn't work. Not sure what am i doing wrong here.
I even tried to use absolute path.

Script 1
Code:
#!/bin/sh
/bin/ps -ef |/bin/grep script2.sh |/bin/grep -v $$ > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
/usr/bin/nohup /home/user1/script2.sh &
fi

CRON LOG :
Feb 9 17:00:01 server1 crond[29771]: (user1) CMD (/home/user1/chk_script1.sh >/dev/null 2>&1)
Feb 9 17:20:01 server1 crond[21095]: (user1) CMD (/home/user1/chk_script1.sh >/dev/null 2>&1)
Feb 9 17:40:01 server1 crond[11218]: (user1) CMD(/home/user1/chk_script1.sh >/dev/null 2>&1)
Feb 9 18:00:01 server1 crond[29961]: (user1) CMD(/home/user1/chk_script1.sh >/dev/null 2>&1)

CRON JOB :
00,20,40 * * * * /home/user1/chk_script1.sh >/dev/null 2>&1


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