1. Heard learned counsel Mr. Mayank Mohit Sinha for the petitioner and Mr. Manoj Kumar for the accused/opposite party No. 2 and also the learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. Petitioner is seeking special leave to appeal against the judgment of acquittal dated 6th September. 2017 passed in Complaint Case No. 658/2013 by the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Ranchi where under the sole accused/opposite party No. 2 has been acquitted of the charges under Section 138 of the N.I. Act.

3. As per the complainant's case, he had approached the accused person in July, 2012 with an intention to marry his daughter Namrata Mishra. The marriage was settled after several rounds of meetings. Son of the accused was doing a job in WIPRO with a handsome salary. 11th March 2012 was fixed for the ring ceremony and bookings were made with mutual consent at Capitol Hill, Main Road, Ranchi towards which Rs. 40,000/- was expended. Ring ceremony was performed in the presence of near and dear ones with usual norms and rituals and valuable articles with Cash Rs. 51.000/- were given to the groom. Date of marriage was fixed on 24th June, 2012 Complainant was shocked to know later on that the groom was