ORDER :

H.B. Prabhakara Sastry, J.

1. Present revision petition is by the accused who was convicted for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for brevity, hereinafter referred to as 'the N.I. Act'), by the learned II Addl. Civil Judge & JMFC, Hassan in C.C. No. 1131/2000 by its impugned Judgment of conviction and Order on sentence dated 16.10.2012. He preferred an appeal challenging his conviction, in Criminal Appeal No. 154/2012 in the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge and the Presiding Officer, Fast Track Court - I at Hassan (for brevity, 'Sessions Judge's Court') which Court by its impugned Judgment dated 19.03.2013 dismissed the appeal confirming the Judgment passed by the Trial Court in C.C. No. 1131/2000 dated 16.10.2012. Aggrieved by the same, the accused has preferred the present revision petition.

2. The present respondent has been the complainant in the Trial Court. The summary of the case of the complainant in the Trial Court is that the accused being known to him had availed a loan of Rs.18,000/- from him on 03.02.1996 to meet the expenses of his sister's marriage. Though he had agreed to repay the loan amount within eig