Z.K. Saiyed, J.—The appellant original complainant has preferred the present appeal under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 against the judgment and order of acquittal dated 22nd April 2010 passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate Negotiable Instruments Act, Court No.6, Ahmedabad, in Criminal Case No. 1468 of 2008 for the offences punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 by which the learned Judge was pleased to acquit the opponent No. 2 accused of the charges levelled against him.

2. The short facts of the complainant is that the present appellant-complainant is a businessman and is running a proprietorship concern in the name and style of Rajendra Sales Agency. It is the case of the complainant that the opponent No.2 accused is also a businessman and is running a proprietorship concern in the name and style of Hastak Corporation. As per the case of the complainant, the complainant-present appellant and the accused opponent No.2 knew each other as there were business relations between them. It is the case of the complainant-present appellant that at the request of the opponent No.2 accused, the appellant-original complaina