Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Loan transaction - Accused took the defence that loan was repaid - Complainant failed to prove that there was outstanding amount and no account books, ledger account or statement of loan was produced - Complainant failed to discharge onus cast upon him that cheque was issued for discharge of debt or..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Closure of account - Cheque dishonoured due to closure of account - It is an offence u/s 138 of the Act - Order taking cognizance is proper...........
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, 142 -- Dishonour of cheque - Offence by company - Admittedly, as officers of appellant company they were aware of the fact that advance of Rs.1 lac was received from complainant for sale of land to him and company had enforceable debt to complainant as per terms of agreement - Neither land was transferred to him nor advance..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Territorial jurisdiction - Trial of a case u/s 138 of the Act shall only be by a Court within whose local jurisdiction a cheque is delivered for collection through an account, the branch of the bank where the payee or holder in due course, as the case may be, maintains the account is situated...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 378(1), 378(4), 256 -- Dishonour of cheque - Death of complaint during pendency of case - There is no provision in Cr.P.C or NI Act laying down that on account of death of payee, trial must be abate - Legal heirs of original complaint are entitled to come forward and ask for subsitiution..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Quashing of complaint - Dishonour of cheque - Petitioner is second accused in complaint u/s 138 of the Act - Petitioner prays to quash complaint against him on ground that cheque is issued from account maintained by a proprietary firm owned by first accused and first accused is..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Dishonour of cheque - Quashing of complaint - At this stage it cannot be accepted that amounts deposited by nephew of accused in bank account of wife of complainant was towards debt incurred by accused - No case of quashing complaint is made out - Complaint cannot be quashed...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Quashing of proceedings - Bank Managers on one hand specifically deposed that no such bank account was opened and maintained in their bank - While on other hand cheque issued was returned with remark `Account Frozen' which presuppose that an account existed - Matter needs to be taken into consideration..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 147 -- Dishonour of cheque - Compromise - Offence u/s 138 of the Act can be compounded as complainant agreed that on account of precarious financial condition of accused, he is ready to accept the amount of Rs.25000/-, which he has already received - Offence compounded - Conviction and sentence set aside - Accused acquitted...........
