IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION No. 305 OF 2009 Ashpaq Balbeg Mirza .. Petitioner. Vs. Baswanteshwar Rural Non Agricultural Co-op.Society and Anr .. Respondents. Mr Nitin Muley Advocate for the Petitioner. Ms P. P. Shinde, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : A.R. JOSHI,J. CORAM : A.R. JOSHI,J. CORAM : A.R. JOSHI,J. DATED : 2nd April,2009. DATED : 2nd April,2009. DATED : 2nd April,2009. P.C.:- P.C.:- P.C.:- 1. Heard the rival submissions for some time. 2. It is a criminal writ petition preferred by the original accused who is convicted by the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Pimpalgaon, District Nashik in the matter of offence punishable under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. 3. The petitioner was sentenced to suffer simple imprisonment till rising of the Court and to pay compensation of Rs. 4,24,000/-. The petitioner preferred criminal appeal which was admitted and stay was granted to the order of conviction subject to depositing 50% of the compensation amount and furnishing security for the remaining 50%. This order is being challenged in the present writ petition. The said order was passed on 6th December, 2008. 4. Considering the rival submissions, the matter at hand, conviction of the petitioner under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and only sentence of till rising of the Court, the condition imposed on the petitioner-accused by the learned Sessions Court while admitting the criminal appeal, does not appear to be unreasonable, much less illegal. 5. Having seen the impugned order, no grounds are made out to interfere in the impugned order under the writ jurisdiction. In the result, the writ Petition is dismissed and disposed of. (A.R.JOSHI,J.) (A.R.JOSHI,J.) (A.R.JOSHI,J.)