A. RAMAN, J.

This revision is directed against the order passed by the learned Principal Sessions Judge, Chengalpattu, in Criminal Revision Petition No. 12 of 1997, on January 21, 1998.

The father of the respondent filed a criminal complaint under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, against the petitioner herein as the accused. The complaint is to the effect that the petitioner herein, in discharge of his existing liability, handed over a post-dated cheque, which on presentation was dishonoured on the ground that payment was stopped. During the pendency of the complaint, the complainant died leaving behind him his daughter, who filed an application before the judicial Magistrate No. 2, Kancheepuram, under section 256(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code praying that she may be permitted to proceed with the complaint and represent the complainant till the disposal of the case. The said petition was dismissed by the Judicial Magistrate, where-upon the daughter of the complainant preferred a revision to the Sessions Court Criminal Revision Petition No. 12 of 1997. The revision was accepted by the learned Principal Sessions Judge, Chengalpattu, and, therefore, a