JUDGMENT

Jasjit Singh Bedi, J. - The applicant/appellant has filed the present application for leave to appeal against the order of acquittal dated 01.02.2018 passed by Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Indri, whereby the accused-respondent has been acquitted of the charges under Sections 138 and 142 of the Negotiable Instruments Act.

2. The brief facts of the present complaint are that the accused was having friendly relations with the complainant. The accused borrowed a sum of Rs.8,50,000/- from the complainant for domestic purposes and for paying of the loan of the bank. She (accused) promised to return the said amount within two months. After two months, the accused came to the house of the complainant and in order to discharge her legal liability, issued a cheque bearing No.439473 dated 30.12.2014 for a sum of Rs.8,50,000/- drawn on Oriental Bank of Commerce, Indri. Thereafter, the complainant presented the aforesaid cheque for encashment to her banker Punjab National Bank, Dhanora Jagir, Tehsil Indri, but the same was returned unpaid to the complainant as dishonoured vide ret