O R D E R

The accused in ST No.78 of 2018 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Kalpetta has filed this revision petition under Sections 397 and 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter will be referred as Cr.P.C. for convenience) challenging conviction and sentence imposed by the Magistrate Court in the above case as per judgment dated 31.05.2019 and confirmed by the learned Sessions Court as per judgment dated 03.09.2022 in Crl.Appeal No.52 of 2019. The respondents herein are the State of Kerala as well as the original complainant.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the revision petitioner/the accused as well as the learned Public Prosecutor on admission.

3. I shall refer the parties in this Revision Petition as ‘complainant’ and ‘accused’ for convenience.

4. Summary of the case advanced by the complainant before the trial court is as under: The complainant initiated prosecution alleging commission of offence punishable under Section 138 of the NI Act, when cheque for Rs.7,00,000/- dated 03.11.2017 alleged to be issued by the accused to the complainant in discharge of advanced sale consideration given by the complainant to the husband of the accused as