ORDER

1. Record of the Courts below has been received.

2. Heard on the question of admission.

3. Being arguable, present revision is admitted for hearing.

4. This criminal revision under Section 397 read with Section 401 of the Cr.P.C. is filed assailing the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 23.04.2024, passed by learned Sessions Judge, Dewas (M.P.) in Cri.A. No.02/2024 whereby, the judgment dated 07.12.2023, passed in SCNIA No.336/2018 by Ms. Sweta Agrawal Judicial Magistrate First Class, Dewas convicting the revision petitioner/accused Devkaran for offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 was affirmed.

5. For the sake of convenience, revision petitioner Devkaran will be referred to as “accused” and the respondent Ravi Verma will be referred to as “complainant”, hereinafter.

6. The exposition of facts, giving rise to this revision petition, is as under :-

(A) Ravi Verma had filed a written complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act inter-alia stating that the accused Devkaran is his close acquaintance. He had advanced loan of Rs.4,50,000/- to the accused for his family needs. Accused had taken loan for a period of four