ORDER

The revision petitioner herein is the sole accused in C.C.No. 372 of 1990 of the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court, Ernakulam. It is a prosecution brought by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Cochin Unit, under Sections 420 , 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code , on the allegation that in March-April, 1998, the accused received an amount of Rs. 15,000/- from one Gangadharan on an offer to arrange visa for job abroad on a salary of Rs. 4,000/- per month, he accordingly went abroad, and when the complainant reached there, he was granted job only on a monthly salary of Rs.2,000/-. Finding it not possible to pull on with a meager salary, and also finding it not possible to suffer the harassment there, the complainant came back to India, and approached the accused for the money he paid. The accused declined the request, and then the complainant approached the Office of the Protector of Emigrants for the money deposited by him for emigration clearance. At that time, the complainant realized that nothing had been in fact deposited in his name, and that he was really being cheated by the accused on a false offer that he would get a monthly salary of Rs.4,000/- abroad. On th