1. The petitioner is the accused in C.C. No. 59/2013 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court-III, Mavelikkara, for offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, instituted on the basis of the complaint filed by the 1st respondent (complainant) herein. The trial court as per the impugned judgment dated 22.3.2014 had convicted the petitioner and had sentenced him to undergo simple imprisonment for three months and to pay fine of Rs. 2,31,000/- under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and in default thereof, the petitioner was sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for a further period of one month. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner had preferred Crl. Appeal No. 114/2014 before the appellate Sessions Court concerned (Court of Addl. Sessions Judge, Mavelikkara). The appellate court as per the impugned appellate judgment dated 17.3.2017 had upheld the conviction, but modified the substantive sentence to imprisonment till rising of the court and pay fine of Rs. 2,31,000/- with a default sentence clause of four months' simple imprisonment. It is aggrieved by the said findings of the courts below that the petitioner has pr