Dated this the 19th day of February, 2026
The petitioner is the accused in S.T.No.5/2017 on
the file of the Court of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-
III, Kanjirappally (‘Trial Court’, in short), which has been
filed at the instance of the 2 nd respondent alleging the
commission of the offence punishable under Section 138 of
the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (‘NI Act’, in short).
2. The case of the 2nd respondent in the
complaint, in brief, is that the petitioner’s brother-in-law
named Raji, had borrowed money from him and the
petitioner had issued a cheque for Rs.8,00,000/-, which on
presentation to the bank got dishonoured due to
insufficiency of funds in the petitioner’s bank account.
Although the 2nd respondent issued a statutory demand
notice, the petitioner has not paid the amount. Thus, the
petitioner has committed the above offence.
