The challenge in this Crl.Revision Petition is to the judgment
dated 20.11.2025 in Crl.Appeal No.515 of 2024 passed by the
Sessions Court, Kozhikode, confirming the conviction and the
sentence rendered by the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-II,
Thamarassery, in judgment dated 27.11.2024 in S.T No.55 of 2022.
2. Heard both sides.
3. The revision petitioner is the sole accused. He has been
convicted under Section 138 of the Negotiable instruments Act, 1881
(for short ‘the NI Act’) and sentenced to undergo simple
imprisonment for a period of three months. He was also directed to
pay a fine of Rs.2,50,940/-.
4. Respondent No.1/complainant filed a complaint before the
Trial Court alleging that the revision petitioner/accused executed
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Ext.P1 cheque for a sum of Rs.2,00,000/-. The complainant
presented the cheque for encashment. It was dishonoured unpaid
due to insufficiency of funds in the account of the accused. The
complainant duly issued statutory notices to the accused; however,
the said notices were returned unclaimed.
