IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 05.01.2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Crl.R.C .No.2895 of 2025 Mr.N.Thyagarajan S/o.Nageshwaran No.1/366, Karthikeyapuram 1^st Street, Madipakkam, Chennai – 600 091. ...Petitioner Vs.

Mr.V.Ramakrishnan S/o.P.R.Venkataraman Plot No.69, Door No.5/544, Sathsangam Street, Madipakkam, Chennai – 600 091. ...Respondent Prayer: Criminal Revision case filed under Section 438 r/w Section 442 of BNSS, to set aside the order dated 06.08.2025 passed in Crl.M.P.No.4018/2025 in S.T.C.(SR) No.1194/2025 passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, Fast Track Court-V, Saidapet, Chennai – 16.

For Petitioner : Mr.T.Easwaradhas

ORDER

The Revision has been filed challenging the order passed by the learned Magistrate in condoning the delay of 145 days in filing the complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act by the respondent.

2.The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the learned Magistrate did not consider the counter filed by the petitioner while allowing the condone delay petition filed by the respondent and there is no discussion in the impugned order as to why the petition was allowed.

3.The learned cou