(1.) BY this appeal, the appellant/complainant is challenging the acquittal of the first respondent/accused from an offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (the Act, for short).
(2.) THE brief facts, necessary for the disposal of the appeal, may be stated thus:
(3.) I have heard Shri Usgaonkar, the learned Counsel for the appellant and Shri Redkar, the learned Counsel for the first respondent. With the assistance of the learned Counsel, I have perused the evidence and the impugned judgment.