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Aggrieved by the judgment in S.T. No. 13/2018 passed by the Court of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-IV, Palakkad (‘Trial Court’, for brevity), convicting and sentencing the petitioner for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (‘NI Act’, for short), the petitioner has filed Crl. Appeal No. 108/2025 before the Court of Session, Palakkad (‘Appellate Court’, for short). Along with the appeal, the petitioner has also filed an application to suspend the execution of the substantive sentence and fine imposed on her. However, by the impugned Annexure A1 order, the Appellate Court has suspended the sentence subject to the condition that the petitioner deposit 15% of the fine amount within the 60 days from the date of the order. Subsequently, by Annexure A2 order, this Court extended the time by a further period of 60 days. However, since the petitioner’s husband is suffering from tuberculosis and is undergoing treatment, the petitioner is facing severe financial hardship. Hence, she could not deposit the fine amount within the stipulated time period in Annexure A2 order. Now, with great difficulty, the petitioner has raised the fine amount. Accordi