This Criminal Appeal is directed against the
judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated
05.02.2024 passed by the XXI Additional Chief
Metropolitan Magistrate, Bengaluru, in C.C.
No.37511/2021, convicting the appellant for the offence
punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable
Instruments Act, 1881.
2. The appellate jurisdiction of this Court is not
confined merely to re-appreciation of evidence, but extends
to examining whether the procedure adopted by the trial
court conforms to constitutional mandates, whether the
trial was fair, and whether the findings are the product of a
legally sustainable process. A conviction which is
procedurally flawed cannot be saved merely because it
appears substantively plausible.
