ORDER :

Accused Nos.1 to 3 in CC No.52958 of 2017 on the file of the learned LVII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Mayohall Unit, Bengaluru (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Trial Court’ for brevity), have preferred Criminal Revision Petition No.615 of 2020, impugning the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 01.03.2018, convicting them for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act (for short ‘the NI Act’) and sentencing accused Nos.2 and 3 to pay a fine of Rs.2,500/-each, in default, to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of three months each and directing accused Nos.1 to 3 to pay compensation of Rs.8,00,000/-to the complainant and in default, accused Nos.2 and 3 to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of one year each and holding that the assets of accused No.1 is liable for payment of compensation amount. The impugned judgment of conviction was confirmed vide judgment dated 26.06.2020 passed in Criminal Appeal No.25041 of 2018 on the file of the learned IV Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, Mayohall Unit, Bengaluru (hereinafter referred to as ‘the First Appellate Court’ for brevity), while modifying the order o