Alexander Thomas, J.

1. The afore captioned Criminal Revision Petition has been instituted by the petitioner/accused for impugning the conviction and sentence imposed on him for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act as per the judgment dated 27/09/2012 of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-VIII, Thiruvananthapuram, in ST. 69/2010 as confirmed by the impugned appellate judgment dated 09/08/2016 of the Court of Additional Sessions Judge-IV, Thiruvananthapuram, in Crl. Appeal490/2012. The Trial Court had convicted the petitioner for the above said offence and that sentenced him to undergo imprisonment till the rising of the Court and to pay fine of Rs. 2,00,000/- (Rupees Two lakhs only) (which is the amount covered by Ext. P-1 cheque bearing No. 090290 dated 23/01/2008) to the complainant (PW-1) under Section 357(3) of the Cr.P.C. and in default thereof, the accused was ordered to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of 2 years. The Appellate Sessions Court had dismissed the appeal confirming both the conviction as well as the above said sentence imposed by the Trial Court. Heard Sri. D. Kishore, learned counsel appearing for the revision petit