JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Criminal Revision preferred under Section 397 and 401 Cr.P.C. to set aside the judgment dated 17.12.2013 made in Crl.A.No.65 of 2013 on the file of the V Additional District and Sessions Judge, Coimbatore confirming the judgment of conviction and sentence dated 25.04.2013 made in C.C.No.675 of 2005 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate No.I, Pollachi.)

1. This Criminal Revision has been preferred challenging the judgment dated 17.12.2013 passed by the V Additional District and Sessions Judge, Coimbatore confirming the conviction and sentence dated 25.04.2013 passed by the Judicial Magistrate No.I, Pollachi in C.C.No.675 of 2005 .

2. It is the case of the prosecution that the petitioner was conducting a chit without registration and had collected Rs.1,80,000/- from 04.04.2002 to 03.04.2003 and Rs.1,20,000/- from 04.04.2003 to 06.10.2003, totally Rs.3,00,000/-, from P.W.1 to P.W.30 and when they started demanding the return of the amounts, he decamped without a trace.

3. On these allegations, a case in Crime No.3 of 2005 was registered by the District Crime Branc