3 Before the trial Court, in order to prove the case of the complainant, he examined himself as P.W.1 and marked Exs.P1 to P5. On the side of the accused, no one was examined and during cross examination of P.W.1, the petitioner/accused marked two documents as Ex.D1 and D2. 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 18.03.2016, convicted him and sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of one year and directed to pay a sum of Rs.3,00,000/- (Rupees Three Lakhs only) to the complainant as compensation under Section 357(3) of Cr.P.C., in default, to undergo simple imprisonment for a further period of three months. Aggrieved against the same, the petitioner has preferred an appeal in C.A.No.94 of 2016 before, the learned XVIII Additional Sessions Judge, Chennai. Pending the above appeal, the complainant marked addition documents as Ex.P6 to Ex.P10 and the petitioner/accused has also marked one additional document as Ex.D3. The learned Additional Sessions Judge, after hearing both the counsel and adverting to the materials, by judgment dated 25.09.2018, dismissed the appeal and confirmed the conviction and sentence made by the trial Court, against which, present revision has been filed.
