JUDGMENT

(Prayer:Criminal Revision Case has been filed under sections 397 read with 401 of Criminal Procedure Code to set aside the order of dismissal passed in Crl.M.P.No.4942 of 2019 in S.T.C.No.166 of 2018 dated 20.11.2019 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate Court at Tiruchengode by allowing the present Criminal Revision petition.)

1. There is no representation for the petitioner as well as the respondent.

2. This Criminal Revision Case is filed by the accused in S.T.C.No.166 of 2018 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate, Tiruchengode, being aggrieved by the dismissal of the Crl.M.P.No.4942 of 2019 seeking to compare the writing in the disputed cheque by an expert.

3. It is a case where the complaint under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act was initiated on 07.05.2018 by the respondent herein against the petitioner alleging that he has given a cheque for Rs.3, 50,000/- to discharge the debt. The said cheque on presentation for collection on 16.03.2018, bounced back with an endorsement “Funds Insufficient”.

4. When the complainant mounted in the witness box and examined as PW.1, the accused/petitioner herein has cross examined him regarding the writing found in the subject