ORDER

The present petitioner as the accused was tried by the Court of the learned XVIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bengaluru, (hereinafter for brevity referred to as “the Trial Court”), in Criminal Case No.3800/2016 for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter for brevity referred to as “the N.I. Act”) and was convicted for the said offence by its judgment of conviction and order on sentence dated 10-04-2017.

Aggrieved by the same, the accused preferred a Criminal Appeal in the Court of the learned LXIV Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge (CCH-65) at Bengaluru (hereinafter for brevity referred to as “the Sessions Judge’s Court”) in Criminal Appeal No.659/2017.

The appeal was contested by the respondent who was the complainant in the Trial Court. The Sessions Judge’s Court in its order dated 02-01-2019 dismissed the appeal, confirming the judgment of conviction and order on sentence passed by the Trial Court dated 10-04-2017 in C.C.No.3800/2016.

Aggrieved by the said order, the accused has preferred this