C.S.DIAS, J.

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Crl.M.C. No. 11413 OF 2025 ----------------------------------------------

Dated this the 27^th day of January, 2026 ORDER The petitioner has asserted in the Crl.M.C. that he was the accused in ST No.7/2020 on the file Court of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-II, Tirur (Trial Court). By Annexure A1 judgment, the Trial Court had convicted and sentenced the petitioner for committing an offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (‘N.I.Act’, in short). Aggrieved by the said order, the petitioner has preferred Crl.Appeal No.85/2025 before the Court of the Additional Sessions Judge, Tirur (Appellate Court). Along with the appeal, the petitioner has also filed an application to suspend the execution of the sentence and to waive the payment of the compensation amount. By Annexure-A3 order, the Appellate Court allowed the application and granted the petitioner further period of 30 days from 03.10.2025 to remit 20% of the compensation amount. Unfortunately, the petitioner could not remit the compensation amount within the prescribed time period. Accordingly, he filed a fresh application before the Appellate Court se