JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Criminal Revision filed under Section 397 read with 401 of Criminal Procedure Code, praying to set aside the Judgement of conviction imposed in C.A.No.112 of 2018 on the file of the III Additional Sessions Judge, Salem, confirming the Judgment in S.T.C.No.469 of 2015 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate No.IV, Salem dated 20.06.2018.)

1. The Criminal Revision Case has been file seeking to set aside the Judgement in C.A.No.112 of 2018 on the file of the III Additional Sessions Judge, Salem, confirming the Judgment of conviction and sentence imposed in S.T.C.No.469 of 2015 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate No.IV, Salem dated 20.06.2018.

2. The petitioner is the accused and the respondent is the complainant. The respondent had registered a private complaint against the petitioner under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act before the learned Judicial Magistrate No.IV, Salem. The learned Magistrate taken the case on file in S.T.C.No.469 of 2015 and after trial, convicted the petitioner for the offence under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act and sentenced to undergo one year Simple Imprisonment and to pay the cheque amount of Rs.3 lakhs as compensation