ORDER :

1. This Criminal Revision Case is filed against the conviction and sentence imposed by the learned IV Additional District & Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court, Ranga Reddy District, vide judgment, dated 29.02.2008 in Criminal Appeal No.66 of 2005 confirming the judgment of the learned X Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad in C.C.No.2244 of 2005, dated 10.11.2005, wherein the revision petitioner/accused was convicted for an offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short ‘the N.I. Act, 1881’) and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months and to pay compensation of Rs.75,000/- to the complainant.

2. Heard Mr. V.S.M. Pritham Kanumuri, learned Legal Aid Counsel for the revision petitioner/accused and learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent No.1-State.

3. Learned counsel for the revision petitioner has contended that the complainant/respondent No.2 has lent an amount of Rs.75,000/- to the revision petitioner/accused on 18.07.2002 in the presence of a mediator i.e., DW2 for which the revision petitioner has executed a receipt on Rs.10/- non-judicial stamp paper and the revision petitio