IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATE : 03.06.2024 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.DHANDAPANI CRL. A. NO. 513 OF 2024 M/s. Sree Gokulam Chit & Finance Co. (P) Ltd., rep. By its Vice Chairman, Mr. V.C.Praveen Regional Office at :

Sree Gokulam Towers

100 Feet Road, 7^th Street Gandhipuram, Coimbatore – 12 Corporate Office at :

No.66, Arcot Road, Kodambakkam Chennai 600 024. .. Appellant - Vs -

M.Rajkumar .. Respondent Criminal Appeal filed under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure against the judgment in C.C. No.33 of 2017 dated 5.2.2024 passed by the Judicial Magistrate No.I, Fast Track Court, Magisterial Level, Coimbatore.

For Appellant : Mr. L.Rajasekar

JUDGMENT

Assailing the order in and by which the complaint initiated by the appellant u/s 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (for short ‘the Act’) had come to be dismissed, the present appeal is directed against the said judgment.

2. It is the case of the appellant that the respondent was a subscriber in a chit having a chit value of Rs.25,00,000/- and was paying a monthly subscription of Rs.1,25,000/- with a tenure of 20 months commencing from

11.11.2011 and termination date of 11.06.2013.

3. It is the further case o