Unnikrishnan vs Sukesh — 101298/2014

Case under Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 138. Disposed: Contested--CONVICTED on 23rd March 2026.

Case disposed

ST - SUMMARY TRIAL

CNR: KLTR250015392014

Filing Number

101298/2014

Filing Date

11-Sep-2014

Registration No

101298/2014

Registration Date

11-Sep-2014

Court

JFCM Court, Kunnamkulam

Judge

1-Judicial First Class Magistrate

Decision Date

23-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--CONVICTED

Last updated 15-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 138

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.Unnikrishnan

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.Sukesh

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 23-Mar-2026

    JudgementView PDF

    Case Summary: Unnikrishnan v. Sukesh (ST 1298/2014) The Kunnamkulam Magistrate convicted K.K. Sukesh under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act for issuing a cheque of ₹62,000 that was dishonored due to insufficient funds. The court found that Sukesh borrowed money from complainant Unnikrishnan, issued a cheque dated 5.3.2013 to repay it, but failed to honor it or respond to the legal notice demanding payment. The court sentenced Sukesh to four months simple imprisonment and ordered compensation of ₹1,24,000 to the complainant, with an additional one month imprisonment if compensation remains unpaid. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 23-Mar-2026

    Disposed

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  4. 19-Mar-2026

    Order/Judgement

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  5. 16-Mar-2026

    Order/ Judgement

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  6. 12-Mar-2026

    Order/ Judgement

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  7. 11-Mar-2026

    For Hearing

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  8. 05-Mar-2026

    For Hearing

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  9. 04-Mar-2026

    For Hearing

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  10. 27-Feb-2026

    For Hearing

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  11. 11-Feb-2026

    For Hearing

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  12. 02-Feb-2026

    Defence Evidence

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  13. 31-Jan-2026

    Defence Evidence

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  14. 24-Jan-2026

    Defence Evidence

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  15. 20-Jan-2026

    Defence Evidence

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  16. 17-Jan-2026

    Appearance of Accused

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  17. 12-Jan-2026

    No sitting notified

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  18. 27-Dec-2025

    Examination of the Accused U/S 313 Cr.PC

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  19. 16-Dec-2025

    Further evidence

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  20. 29-Nov-2025

    for evidence.

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  21. 25-Nov-2025

    for evidence.

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  22. 27-Oct-2025

    For reports

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  23. 30-Sep-2025

    call on

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  24. 25-Aug-2025

    For reports

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  25. 18-Aug-2025

    call on

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  26. 02-Aug-2025

    For settlement

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  27. 23-Jul-2025

    For evidence

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  28. 09-Jul-2025

    For reports

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  29. 22-May-2025

    Verify and report

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  30. 30-Apr-2025

    for evidence.

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  31. 05-Apr-2025

    for evidence.

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  32. 20-Mar-2025

    for evidence.

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  33. 14-Mar-2025

    For reports

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  34. 05-Feb-2025

    Referred to Adalath

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  35. 07-Jan-2025

    For evidence

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  36. 16-Dec-2024

    To record plea of the accused

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  37. 12-Dec-2024

    To record plea of the accused

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  38. 06-Sep-2024

    Repeat 82,83 steps

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  39. 16-Mar-2024

    Repeat 82,83 steps

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  40. 16-Dec-2023

    Repeat 82,83 steps

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  41. 29-Jul-2023

    Repeat 82,83 steps

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  42. 03-Jan-2023

    Repeat 82,83 steps

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  43. 26-Jul-2022

    No sitting notified

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  44. 29-Dec-2021

    No sitting notified

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  45. 30-Sep-2021

    Issue NBW and steps u/s 82,83 Cr.P.C

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  46. 25-May-2021

    No sitting notified

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  47. 01-Dec-2020

    No sitting notified

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  48. 25-Aug-2020

    No sitting notified

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  49. 07-Jan-2020

    No sitting notified

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  50. 09-Dec-2019

    Steps if any

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  51. 24-Sep-2019

    Issue NBW and steps u/s 82,83 Cr.P.C

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  52. 22-Jun-2019

    Issue NBW and steps u/s 82,83 Cr.P.C

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  53. 20-Apr-2019

    Issue NBW and steps u/s 82,83 Cr.P.C

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  54. 03-Nov-2018

    Issue NBW and steps u/s 82,83 Cr.P.C

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  55. 22-Sep-2018

    Issue NBW and steps u/s 82,83 Cr.P.C

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  56. 24-Apr-2018

    Issue NBW and steps u/s 82,83 Cr.P.C

    Judicial First Class Magistrate

  57. 11-Sep-2017

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  58. 11-Sep-2014

    Case filed

    Registration No. 101298/2014

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: Unnikrishnan v. Sukesh (ST 1298/2014) The Kunnamkulam Magistrate convicted K.K. Sukesh under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act for issuing a cheque of ₹62,000 that was dishonored due to insufficient funds. The court found that Sukesh borrowed money from complainant Unnikrishnan, issued a cheque dated 5.3.2013 to repay it, but failed to honor it or respond to the legal notice demanding payment. The court sentenced Sukesh to four months simple imprisonment and ordered compensation of ₹1,24,000 to the complainant, with an additional one month imprisonment if compensation remains unpaid. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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