ORDER :

Prayer: Criminal Revision case filed under Section 397 r/w Section 401 of Code of Criminal Procedure, to set aside the order dated 16.08.2018 made by the Fast Track Mahila Judge, Namakkal, in C.A.No.22 of 2018, reversing the order dated 13.02.2018, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate (Fast Track), Tiruchengode, in STC.No.22 of 2017.

This criminal revision is directed as against the judgment passed in C.A.No.22 of 2018 dated 16.08.2018 on the file of the Fast Track Mahila Judge, Namakkal, thereby reversed the findings in S.T.C.No.22 of 2017 dated 13.02.2018 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate (Fast Track), Tiruchengode, thereby acquitted the petitioner for the offence under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act.

2. The petitioner is an accused in the complaint lodged by the respondent for the offence under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act.

3. According to the respondent, on 17.03.2015, the petitioner borrowed a sum of Rs.7 Lakhs for his urgent need and agreed to repay the same with interest at the rate of Rs.1.50 per month per hundred and he also executed a promissory note in favour of the respondent. The petitioner bad been paying the interest regularly to the