JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Criminal Revision Case filed under Section 397 & 401 Cr.P.C, to set aside the judgment passed in C.A.No.8 of 2017 on the file of the Principal District and Sessions Judge at Vellore dated 01.09.2018 and the judgment passed in C.C.No.139 of 2014 by the Magistrate, FTC at Vellore dated 27.12.2016 by allowing this revision.)

1. This criminal revision is filed aggrieved by the judgment of the Judicial Magistrate, Fast Track Court, Vellore, dated 27.12.2016, in C.C.No.139 of 2014 in and by which, the petitioner is convicted for the offences under Sections 138 and 142 NI Act and was sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of six months and to pay the cheque amount of Rs.2,00,000/- as compensation to the complainant with simple interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the date of complaint, in default, to undergo three months simple imprisonment and to pay a sum of Rs.5,000/- towards litigation charges and the judgment of the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Vellore, dated 01.09.2018, in C.A.No.8 of 2017, by which, the appeal was dismissed and the conviction and sentence imposed by the trial Court was confirmed.

2. Heard Mrs.Girija, legal aid counsel fo