(Prayer: Criminal Appeal filed to set aside the order dated 27.04.2010 of the Additional District and Sessions Court, Fast Track Court – II Coimbatore, in C.A.No.173 of 2009 and to confirm the punishment awarded by the trial court made in C.C.No.697 of 2006 dated 23.11.2009 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate No. II, Coimbatore.)

1. The Criminal Appeal arises against the Judgment of acquittal dated 27.04.2010 passed by the Additional District and Sessions Court, Fast Track Court – II Coimbatore, in C.A.No.173 of 2009 and to confirm the judgment of conviction and order of sentence passed by the punishment awarded by the Judicial Magistrate No. II, Coimbatore made in C.C.No.697 of 2006 dated 23.11.2009.

2. The appellant herein was the respondent in the lower appellate court on the file of the Additional District and Sessions Court, Fast Track Court – II Coimbatore, in Crl.A.No.173/2009 and complainant in C.C.No.697/2006 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate-II, Coimbatore.

3. The facts leading to the filing of the present appeal are as follows:

The first accused is a registered partnership firm. The second accused is one of the partners of the said partnership firm.