JUDGMENT

ananda Kumar Mukherjee, J. - This criminal revision has been filed by the petitioner being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order dated 28.3.2012 passed by learned additional District and Sessions Judge, Fast Track, 2nd Court, Haldia in Criminal appeal No. 734 of 2011, thereby dismissing the appeal and affirming the judgment and order dated 13.6.2011 passed by learned additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haldia, in C.R. Case No. 146 of 2006 under Section 138 of The Negotiable Instruments act, where the petitioner was convicted for the offence under section 138 of The Negotiable Instrument act and was sentenced to simple imprisonment for one day till rising of the Court and to pay compensation of Rs.6,00000/- to the complainant.

2. The fact of the case leading to this criminal revision is that the Opposite Party no. 2 lodged a complaint against the petitioner alleging inter alia, that the petitioner as a partner of Prasenjit Hardware had taken a loan of Rs.6,15,676/- from him and the petitioner in discharge of such liability issued cheque bearing number 0018310 dated 19.2.2005 for Rs. 4,00000/-in favour of the complainant which was dishonoured on bei