1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 281 OF 2008 Suresh Govind Mane .......Petitioner. versus Mahadeo Pudalik Padave....... Respondents. Mr. V.N. Mali for the Petitioner CORAM; A.P. DESHPANDE, J. DATED; 22ND AUGUST, 2008. P.C.: 1. This Contempt Petition is filed by the accused who claimed to have been acquitted by judgment and order passed in Criminal Appeal No.103/06 by the Court of Sessions. Contempt Petitioner was convicted by the trial court for an offence punishable under section 138 of Negotiable Instrument Act and the order of acquittal is said to have been passed in the appeal. The cause for filing the Contempt Petition is said to be a notice dated 3-2-2007 issued by the Co-operative Credit Society, whereby a demand is made from the Contempt Petitioner for the sum of Rs, 38,769/--. Issuance of notice claiming the amount as due and recoverable by the respondent from the Petitioner does 2 not constitute any contempt. The Contempt Petition is misconceived and the same is dismissed. (A.P. DESHPANDE, J.)