JUDGMENT :

1. This appeal is filed challenging the judgment of acquittal passed in Crl.A.No.23/2009 dated 30.11.2010 on the file of the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court-V, Bangalore Rural District, Bangalore.

2. The parties are referred to as per their original rankings before the Trial Court as complainant and accused to avoid the confusion and for the convenience of the Court.

3. The factual matrix of the case is that the complainant and the accused are friends. The accused had requested the complainant to lend hand loan of Rs.70,000/-to meet out his urgent financial necessity on first week of October, 2006. The complainant gave an amount of Rs,64,000/-on 15.10.2006 and the accused had promised to repay the said loan within three months but the accused did not repay the same. However, on repeated requests, the accused issued a self cheque dated 21.01.2007 and when the same was presented, it was dishonoured. The complainant got issued legal notice both to his residential address as well as his office address. That in spite of receiving the notice sent under certificate of posting, the accused did not give any reply and hence the complainant was forced to file