for insufficiency of fund. Thereafter, after issuing the statutory notice and on failure on the part of the revision petitioner-accused to discharge the debt, the complainant was forced to approach the trial court by filing the above complaint. During the trial, the complainant was examined as PW1 and marked Exts.P1 to P5 as prosecution exhibits. From the side of the defendants, DW1 and DW2 were examined and marked Ext.D1 as documentary evidence. After appreciating the evidence and materials on record, the trial court found that the accused-revision petitioner has committed the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and accordingly, he is convicted and sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for one year. The said judgment of the court below was on 28/04/1994. Challenging the above conviction and sentence, the petitioner preferred an appeal as Criminal Appeal No. 151/94 before the Sessions Court, Manjeri, which was dismissed as per the judgment dated 31/10/2000, by which the conviction and sentence passed by the trial court was confirmed, it is the above conviction and sentence challenged in this revision petition.
