CAV ORDER

Accused has preferred this revision petition against the judgment of conviction and order on sentence dated 19^th October 2017 passed in CC No.666 of 2013 by the Civil Judge and JMFC, Holenarasipura, (for short hereinafter referred to as “the Trial Court”) which is confirmed by Judgment dated 05^th October 2018 passed in Criminal Appeal No.205 of 2017 by the III Additional District & Sessions Judge at Hassan (for short hereinafter referred to as “the appellate Court”).

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties herein are referred to as per their rank and status before the trial Court.

3. Brief facts leading to this revision petition are that the complainant has filed a complaint under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 as to dishonour of cheque. It is stated in the complaint that the complainant and accused are friends and well-acquainted with each other. Accused approached the complainant on 01^st August 2012 for his financial exigencies, as he was running a school and was intending to construct additional structure and also for discharge of loan and hence in this regard, requested for an amount of ₹15,00,000/- from the complainant. Accordingly, the complainant