JUDGMENT :

1. This appeal is filed by the complainant challenging the judgment dated 16.06.2014 passed by the IV Addl. District and Sessions Judge, Gulbarga in Crl.A.No.18/2013 where under the judgment and sentence passed in C.C.No.3811/2010 dated 08.03.2013 by IV Addl. Civil Jude (Jr. Dn) and JMFC, Gulbarga convicting the respondent – accused for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act (for short ‘N.I. Act’), came to be set-aside and respondent – accused was acquitted for the said offence.

2. The appellant was the complainant and respondent was the accused before the Trial Court.

3. The parties will be referred as per their ranks before the Trial Court.

4. Case of the complainant in brief is as under;-

The complainant was working as a superintendent in Mahatma Jyotibha Phule Padavi Mahavidyalaya, an educational institution run by the accused. At that point of time, on the request of accused for hand loan for improvement of institution and business necessities, the complainant advanced loan of Rs.7,00,000/-to him on 10.06.2009 by pooling out funds from her family members and relatives. The accused agreed to repay the loan within six months. After six mo