2020 (12) TMI 1076

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.... taken on file in S.T.C.No.2132 of 2015 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate Court No.II, Krishnagiri. 3. After trial, the trial court found the petitioner guilty under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and sentenced her to undergo simple imprisonment for one year and also to pay a fine of Rs. 10,000/- , in default to undergo simple imprisonment for two months. 4. Challenging the conviction and sentence imposed on her, the petitioner/accused has preferred the Criminal Appeal No.01 of 2019 on the file of the Principal Sessions Court, Krishnagiri. 5. Pending the abovesaid Criminal Appeal, the respondent has preferred an application under section 148 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, directing the petitioner/accused to ....

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....nder section 138, the Appellate Court may order the appellant to deposit such sum which shall be a minimum of twenty per cent of the fine or compensation awarded by the trial Court: Provided that the amount payable under this sub- section, shall be in addition to any interim compensation paid by the appellant under section 143-A. (2) The amount referred to in sub-section(1) shall be deposited within sixty days from the date of the order, or within such further period not exceeding thirty days as may be directed by the Court on sufficient cause being shown by the appellant. (3) The Appellate Court may direct the release of the amount deposited by the appellant to the complainant at any time during the pendency of t....