2 The petitioner is an accused and respondent is the complainant. The respondent/complainant had filed a private complaint under Section 200 of Cr.P.C. against the petitioner for the offence under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, (in short “the NI Act”), which was taken on file in C.C.No.3568 of 2013 by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, Fast Track Court-III, Saidapet, Chennai. The learned Magistrate, after due enquiry, found the petitioner/accused guilty for the offence under Section 138 of NI Act and hence by judgment dated 12.04.2019, convicted the petitioner and sentenced him to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of six months and to pay double the amount of the cheque towards compensation to the complainant. Aggrieved against the said judgment of the trial Court, the petitioner had preferred an appeal in C.A.No.189 of 2019 and the learned V Additional Sessions Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai, after hearing both the counsel, by judgment dated 06.08.2021, dismissed the appeal and confirmed the judgment of conviction passed by the trial Court. Aggrieved against the concurrent judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the Courts below, the petitioner has preferred the present criminal revision before this Court along with these petitions.
