1 APPLN 1154 OF 2011 vks IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1154 OF 2011 Smt. Sangita Avinash Marathe .. Applicant -versus Natasha Securities and another .. Respondents. Mr. M. S. Mohite, for the applicant. Mrs S.V. Sonawane, APP for the Respondent State. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: 8th December, 2011 P.C. 1. This is an application for leave to file appeal against judgment of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Pune, allowing Criminal Appeal filed by the respondent and setting aside respondent’s conviction, for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, recorded by the learned 10th Judicial Magistrate First Class, Pune, inspite of the fact that the deposition of the respondent show that the respondent claimed to have not remembered whether sum of Rs.10,34,000/- was paid by the complainant to him by demand draft, and though he admitted his signature and rubber stamps on the three cheques. He also admitted that the cheques were dishonoured by the bank. He stated that he did not remember whether the complainant had sent demand notice. However, he admitted the reply given by him and the 2 APPLN 1154 OF 2011 fact that he had not paid the amount of disputed cheque. The judgment, would therefore, require reconsideration. Leave granted. Admit. Action under Section 390 of Code of Criminal Procedure. (R. C. CHAVAN, J.)