JUDGMENT

The appellant as complainant filed a private complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act against the respondent in C.C.No.1180 of 2015. The trial Court, by the judgment dated 12.09.2019, found the respondent guilty, convicted the respondent and sentenced him to undergo one year simple imprisonment and to pay a fine amount of 11,60,000/- as compensation. Aggrieved against the same, the respondent preferred an appeal before the XVIII Additional Sessions Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai in Crl.A.No.334 of 2019. The learned Sessions Judge, by the judgment dated 13.08.2021 allowed the appeal setting aside the conviction and sentence of the trial Court, against which, the appellant/complainant had filed this present appeal.

2.For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per their litigative status before the trial Court.

3.The background of the case is that the complainant company and accused had business transactions. The complainant is a manufacturer of ready made garments and the accused approached the complainant for garments work order. Based on which, the complainant entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated 02.02.2011. At that t