JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Ms. Pooja Kumari, learned amicus appearing on behalf of the petitioner.

2. Heard Mr. Shailesh Kumar Sinha, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the opposite party-State.

3. Heard Mr. Manish Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the opposite party no.2.

4. This criminal revision application has been filed against the judgment dated 03.09.2013 passed in Criminal Appeal No.87 of 2013 by learned court of Principal Sessions Judge, East Singhbhum, Jamshedpur whereby the appellate court has been pleased to set aside the judgment of acquittal of the petitioner dated 23.01.2013 passed by learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamshedpur in Complaint C/1 Case No.3444 of 2010 and convicted the petitioner for offence under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter referred to as the Act of 1881) and directed the learned trial court to pass an order of sentence after giving an opportunity of hearing to both the sides.

5. The matter was taken up by this Court on 26.11.2020 and the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the opposite party no.2 had submitted that pursuant to the appellate order, the petitioner did not appear before the learned tri