Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 139 -- Dishonour of cheque - Appeal against acquittal - Presumption - Complainant failed to establish as to when cheque in question was issued by accused - Accused itself had intimated fact of loss or theft of her signed cheques/cheque book to manager of bank, by issuing a letter - Accused had also given intimation to manager..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 139 -- Dishonour of cheque - Misuse of cheque - Absence of pleading in complaint or affidavit that cheque was issued for discharge of debt or liability - Defence of misuse of cheque substantiated from the fact that there was tampering with the cheque as word `fifty' was not legible - Defence taken was probable - In absence of..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Loan - Complainant apart from making a bald statement in cross examination had not produced any evidence to substantiate advancing loan - Complainant was not able to discharge onus that cheque was issued for discharge of debt or other liability as no document or books of account were produced -..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 139 -- Dishonour of cheque - Loan - Date, month or year of advancing loan not pleaded - In cross examination complainant stated that amount was given in 2002 but complaint was filed in the year 2012 as such there was difference of ten years - No written document with regard to lending money - Amount admitted to be given in the..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Conviction by trial Court - Acquittal by appellate Court - Appellate Court duly considered the overall facts and circumstance of case as well as duly appreciated the evidence and material available on record of the case - No grounds made out to warrant any interference in order of acquittal passed by..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Loan - Financial capacity - Complainant borrowed a sum of Rs.12 lakhs from relative of accused prior to present case - It is thus, extremely doubtful that a person who had borrowed Rs.12 lakhs was in a position to lend Rs.3 lakhs to accused that too without any corresponding documentation - Acquittal..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Loan - Complainant could very well have produced documentary evidence to substantiate the fact that accused owed a debt or liability to the complainant either in the context of the business transaction or in the context of the accused simply borrowing money - Same not having been done, leads to only one..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Acquittal - Cross-examination of complainant demonstrates that accused did not deny execution of cheque - He did not deny his transaction with complainant - Rather during his examination u/s 313 Cr.P.C. he stated that he had a business transaction with complainant for which he issued a blank cheque..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 256 -- Dishonour of cheque - Dismissal of complaint in default - Non-appearance of complainant - Complainant contended that his non-appearance or his counsel on adjourned date was neither intentional nor deliberate, as he had asked his counsel to move application for exemption but because..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of Cheque - Three Cheques dishonoured - Sale of site transaction - Once accused made part payment towards his discharge of liability and accused cannot deny remaining payment - Accused has failed to rebut presumption available in favour of complainant - Accused convicted - Acquittal set aside...........
