THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRL.R.C.No.1900 of 2002 ORDER: This revision is directed against the order, dated 03.07.2002, passed by the learned III Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam, in C.C.No.485 of 1998, whereby, respondent Nos.1 and 2/accused were discharged for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short ‘the Act). 2. According to the petitioner/de facto complainant, the respondents issued a cheque for an amount of Rs.1,07,473/- to him and on presentation of the same, it was bounced. In those circumstances, after following the procedure provided under Section 138 of the Act, the petitioner filed a complaint against the respondents. The learned Magistrate took cognizance of the said offence against the respondents and numbered the same as C.C.No.485 of 1998. In the said C.C., the respondents filed Crl.M.P.No.2136 of 2002 seeking to discharge them and the same was allowed. Hence, this revision. 3. Apparently, the said C.C. is of the year 1998 and the amount involved in this case is only Rs.1,07,473/-. Further, it is represented that the petitioner/de facto complainant filed O.S.No.443 of 2001 on the file of the III Senior Civil Judge, City Civil Court, Secunderabd, and the same was decreed on 28.02.2003. In these circumstances, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the order impugned. 4. Accordingly, the Criminal Revision Case is dismissed. ___________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J Date:18.11.2010 sj