1. The present appeal is filed by the appellant – original
complainant under Section 378(4) of the Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1973 against the judgment and order of acquittal dated
01.09.2016 passed by the learned 3rd Additional Chief Judicial
Magistrate, Palanpur (hereinafter referred to as the “learned Trial
Court”) in Criminal Case No. 3890 of 2014, whereby the
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respondent No. 2 – original accused came to be acquitted from the
offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
(hereinafter referred to as ‘the NI Act”).
1.1 The parties are hereinafter referred to as “the
complainant” and “the accused” as they stood in the original case
for the sake of convenience, clarity and brevity.