IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 05.02.2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Crl.R.C .No.2047 of 2025 and Crl.M.P.No.19267 of 2025 Mr.D.Muni Venkata Ramana S/o. Late D. Rangaiah, No.34, Ramasamy Street, Vetri Nagar, Chennai 600 082. ...Petitioner Vs.

Mrs. Anuradha Sundarrajan W/o. Mr. Sundarrajan, New No.4, Old No. 105, Sakthivel Nagar, 6^th Cross Street, Kolathur, Chennai 600 082. ...Respondent Prayer: Criminal Revision Petition filed under Section 438 r/w 442 of BNSS, to set aside the order dated 17.09.2025 made in Crl.M.P.No.78271 of 2024 on the file of the Metropolitan Magistrate, Fast Track Court II, Egmore at Allikulam.

For Petitioner : Ms.C.Vijayalakshmi For Respondent : Mr.P.Mahendra

ORDER

The revision challenges the order passed by the Trial Court condoning the delay of 65 days in the filing the complaint under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the Trial Court ought not to have condoned the delay since the medical certificate of the respondent does not support her case that she was sick and since sufficient cause was not shown, the learned Magistrate ought to have dismissed the peti