Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Acquittal subject to payment of costs to Legal Services Authority - When complainant does not want any further amount and appellant has expressed his inability to comply with the same, direction imposing costs on appellant to be paid to Legal Services Authority cannot be sustained in the eye of law...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 139 -- Dishonour of cheque - Presumption - Evidence on record shows that there was no financial transaction between parties in connection with execution of exchange deed - Accused has disputed the transaction and financial capacity of complainant - He has succeeded in rebutting the presumption regarding consideration in favour..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 372 -- Proviso - Dishonour of cheque - Appeal against acquittal - Complainant in a case u/s 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act is entitled to maintain an appeal against acquittal even without seeking leave of Court...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Appeal against acquittal - Limitation - Judgment of trial Court delivered on 23.8.2024 - Appeal filed on 29.10.2024 is within time...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 256 -- Dishonour of cheque - Dismissal of complaint in default - Appellant and his counsel diligently and sincerely attended Court on multiple occasions - Merely on few occasions, if both are absent that by itself would not be sufficient to pass order of dismissal for non-prosecution and..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Legally enforceable debt - Money financing business - Complainant doing finance business, as finance/chit company was also being run at the same address mentioned by Complainant - Complainant denied said facts - However, detailed cross-examination as to various dates on which amounts were borrowed and..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 141 -- Dishonour of cheque - Money due to the firm - Complaint filed by Manager in his individual capacity - Prosecution is defective - Acquittal upheld...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 146 -- Dishonour of cheque - Intimation memo and dishonour memo do not contain number of cheque - Therefore, trial Court ought to have granted an opportunity to complainant to examine Bank Manger with relevant document to prove this aspect - Order of acquittal set aside - Matter remitted for fresh disposal after providing an..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 256 -- Dishonour of cheque - Dismissal of complaint in default - Revision not maintainable against an order of acquittal in a complaint case - Proper remedy is to file appeal u/s 378(4) Cr.P.C subject to grant of special leave by High Court - Revision petition rightly dismissed being not..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 139, 118(a) -- Dishonour of cheque - Hand loan - Presumption - Probable defence on the part of accused established - Burden shifts on complainant to establish his case beyond a reasonable doubt - Complainant failed to discharge this burden as (a) well wishers in whose presence cheque was given to complainant not examined as..........
