JUDGMENT :

The complainant is aggrieved of the judgment dated 07.08.2015 passed in Criminal Appeal No.293 of 20 13.

2. The complainant is mother-in-law of the accused on whose complaint Complaint Case No. C/l 1834 of 2010 was instituted under section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act. By judgment dated 03.10.2013, the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Jamshedpur convicted O.P No.2 and sentenced him to undergo R.I for six months under section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act. The accused was further directed to pay fine of Rs.25 lakhs to the complainant and in default of payment of the fine amount to undergo S.I for three months.

3. The complainant has alleged that she gave a cheque of Rs.20 lakhs in the name of her daughter Laxmi Singh. The amount was duly credited in her account with Axis Bank, Nagpur. The background of the aforesaid payment to the daughter of the complainant was that she had distributed the sale proceed of the landed properties at Dharupur amongst her daughters. The other daughters accepted their share given to them by the complainant but Laxmi Singh who is wife of Sanjay Kumar Singh refused saying that it was a paltry sum compared to the sale consideration.