K. Harilal, J.

The revision petitioner is the accused in ST No. 1220/2008 on the files of the Judicial First Class Magistrates Court-III, Thiruvananthapuram. She is the Director of M/s Women Empowerment and Human Resources Development Centre of India, a Society registered under the Travancore-Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955 (for short the TCLSCSR Act). She was prosecuted for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (for short the Nl Act), on a complaint filed by the 1st respondent herein. After trial, the learned Magistrate found the revision petitioner guilty for the said offence and convicted thereunder. She was sentenced to pay a fine of Rs. 5,000/- and in default, to undergo simple imprisonment for one month, Aggrieved by the conviction and sentence, the accused preferred Criminal Appeal No. 274/2012 and the complainant preferred Crl RP No. 65/2011 alleging inadequancy of sentence before the Court of Sessions, Thiruvananthapuram. After hearing both the appeal and revision together, the learned Sessions Judge concurred with the findings of the Trial Court, as regards conviction; but enhanced the