JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Criminal Appeal is filed under Section 378 of Cr.P.C., to allow the appeal, set aside the order, dated 20.01.2017 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate, Fast Track Court Magistrate Level at Thiruvallur in S.T.C.No.06 of 2016 and convict the accused Nos.1 to 8 for the offence under Section 138 r/w 142 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 and grant compensation of twice the amount of cheque to the appellant.)

The Appeal:

The appellant is the complainant in a private complaint filed under Section 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, complaining that the first respondent and the respondent Nos.2 to 8, being its Directors and officers, committed an offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

2. The said complaint was taken on file by the learned Judicial Magistrate, Fast Track Court, Magistrate Level at Thiruvallur in S.T.C.No.6 of 2016 and by a judgment, dated 20.01.2017, the Trial Court acquitted all the accused holding that the cheque was not issued in discharge of any legally enforceable debt or liability.

3. Aggrieved by the same, the appellant herein had filed Crl.A.No.25 of 2017 and by a judgment, dated 28.03.2018, the Learned I Addi