J U D G M E N T

The petitioner is the accused and respondent is the complainant in a proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short ‘the NI Act’) pending before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-III, Cherthala (for short ‘the trial court’) as S.T. No.234/2019.

2. The petitioner filed a petition to direct the respondent to produce the document containing the signature of his wife subscribed in the year 2009 so as to send the same for forensic examination. The said petition was allowed as per Ext.P7 order. The grievance of the petitioner is that the respondent did not comply with Ext.P7 order. He has approached this Court with a prayer to give a direction to the trial court to ensure the production of the documents containing the admitted writings and signatures of the wife of the respondent who was examined as DW3 during the year 2009 in compliance with Ext.P7 order.

3. I have heard Sri.K.S. Sreeraj, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri.Jawahar Jose, the learned counsel for the respondent.

4. The learned counsel for the respondent submitted that the respondent would be producing the documents containing the signature of DW3 during th