Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 257 -- Dishonour of cheque - Petitioner willingly paid amount of Rs.1 lakh to complainant - Complainant was permitted to withdraw complaint and accused was acquitted - Accused filed application for refund of amount deposited - There was no condition precedent that in the event of..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 143A -- Dishonour of cheque - Order to pay 20% of double amount of cheque amount - Complaint was instituted in 2013 while amendment to S.143-A of the Act was introduced in 2018 - Unless it is expressly provided, retrospective application of provision is not permissible - Order to deposit 20% of double amount of cheque amount..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 141 -- Dishonour of cheque - Offence by Company - Non-executive director - Appellant was neither a signatory to dishonoured cheques nor was he actively involved in the financial decision making of company - Complaint does not contain any specific averments detailing how Appellant was responsible for dishonoured cheques - Role..........
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, Section 45 -- Bail - Merely because the prosecution complaint had been filed and cognizance was taken by Court that itself would not be the ground or consideration to release the respondent on bail, when mandatory requirements as contemplated in S.45 of the Act have not been complied with...........
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, Section 44 -- Offence u/s 44 of the Act - Appellant is in custody from 8.8..2024 - Order taking cognizance has been set aside by High Court and a fresh application for taking cognizance is yet to be heard by special Court - Custody of appellant cannot be continued - Direction issued that appellant be produced before Special Court..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 363, 366, 366A, 376 -- (before amendment), Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, S.3(2)(5) - Abduction and rape - Prosecution has not been able to prove age of victim as 15 years, rather, it has been established from medical evidence as well as statement of mother of victim that she being more than 16..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 23 -- Consumer complaint - Insurance claim - Repudiation - Truck damaged by fire on 08.06.2014 - Truck registered in the State of Bihar and caught fire on account of short circuit in the State of Bihar itself - There was a valid National Permit in existence on the date when truck caught fire - Authorisation fee was required to be paid..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Quashing of proceedings - Court while exercising power u/s 482 Cr.P.C, will not be justified in embarking upon an enquiry as to the reliability or genuineness or otherwise of the allegations made in the FIR or the complaint...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 141 -- Dishonour of cheque - Offence by Company - Director - Director who is in charge of Company and a Director who was responsible to Company for the conduct of business, are two different aspects - Both the ingredients of S.141(1) of the Act must be incorporated in the complaint...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 141 -- Dishonour of cheque - Offence by Company - Director - No assertion in the complaint that appellant at the time of commission of offence was in charge of business of Company - Appellant cannot be prosecuted with the aid of S.141(1) of the Act - Order taking cognizance against appellant quashed...........
