IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALEXANDER THOMAS THURSDAY, THE 15TH DAY OF MARCH 2018 / 24TH PHALGUNA, 1939 CRL.A.No. 1339 of 2016 CRL.A.NO.450/2003 OF ADDL.SESSIONS COURT,KOTTAYAM CC.NO.287/1991 OF CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE COURT, KOTTAYAM ----------

APPELLANT/2ND RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT:

K.CHERIAN KURIAN, KIZHAKKEL HOUSE, RUBBER BOARD P.O., KOTTAYAM.

BY ADV.SRI.M.J.THOMAS RESPONDENT(S)/APPELLANT/ACCUSED AND STATE:

1. P.K.RADHAKRISHNAN, THULASI VILLA, PARIPPU.P.O., AYMANAM, KOTTAYAM-686 024.

2. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM.

R1 BY ADV. SRI.V.N.SASIDHARAN R2 BY SR PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.SAIGI JACOB PALATTY THIS CRIMINAL APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 15-03-2018,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

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6/4/2018 (C.R)

ALEXANDER THOMAS, J.

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Crl.Appeal No. 1339 of 2016 ==================

Dated this the 15^th day of March, 2018

J U D G M E N T

The appellant is the complainant in C.C.No.287/1991 on the file of the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kottayam, wherein the 1^st respondent herein has been indicted for offence punishable under Sec.138 of the Negotiable