ORDER

The above Criminal Revision Petition is filed seeking the following relief:

“to allow this Criminal Revision Petition and therein set aside the judgment dated 26.04.2024 on the files of the Additional District & Sessions Court111, Pathanamthitta in Criminal Appeal No. 91 /2018 confirming the conviction and sentence imposed by the Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court 11, Ranny in S. T. No.22/2017 and therein acquit the accused of the offence under Section

138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act,1881.”

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2. This Criminal Revision Petition is filed against the concurrent finding of conviction and sentence imposed on the Revision petitioner by the trial court and the appellate court. The Revision petitioner is the accused in S.T. No.22/2017 on the files of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-II, Ranny. It is a prosecution initiated against the petitioner alleging offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short 'NI Act'). The learned Magistrate after a full fledged trial found that the petitioner is gui