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IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
S.V. PINTO
Mas Financial Sevices Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
State of Gujarat – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. background of the criminal charges and initial trial. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. arguments and concerns raised by the appellant regarding evidence. (Para 4) |
| 3. standards for appellate review in acquittal cases. (Para 11 , 12) |
JUDGMENT :
1. The present appeal is filed by the appellant – original complainant under Section 378 (4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 against the judgment and order of acquittal passed by the learned 2nd Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rajkot (hereinafter referred to as the “learned Trial Court”) in Criminal Case No. 9924 of 2016 on 18.04.2016, whereby the respondent No. 2 - original accused came to be acquitted from the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the NI Act”).
2. The brief facts culled out from the memo of the present appeal as well as the impugned judgment and order and paper book filed by the complainant are as under:
2.1. The complainant company is in the business of finance and the accused had taken a loan from the complainant company by executing a loan agreement. As per the agreement, the accused had to pay regular installments, but the same were not paid and when the
An appellate court reviewing a trial court's acquittal must respect the presumption of innocence unless the judgment demonstrates clear and manifest errors in the consideration of evidence.
An appellate court has broad powers to review acquittals but must respect the presumption of innocence and only interfere if the trial court's decision is manifestly erroneous or perverse.
In appeals against acquittal under NI Act s.138, High Court interferes only if perverse, misreads evidence, or sole guilt view possible; reasonable defence rebutting presumption warrants upholding ac....
The court affirmed that the presumption under Section 139 of the NI Act can be rebutted, and the burden remains on the complainant to substantiate the existence of a legally enforceable debt, failing....
In acquittal appeals, the appellate court respects the presumption of innocence and can only overturn a trial court's acquittal if it is perverse or based on a misreading of evidence.
Point of Law : Presumption Under Section 139 is a rebuttable presumption and the onus is on the accused to raise the probable defence. The standard of proof for rebutting the presumption is that of p....
In an appeal against acquittal, the prosecution must demonstrate a legally enforceable debt; an accused's acquittal will not be disturbed unless clear illegality or absurdity is shown.
Point of law : Presumption Under Section 139 is a rebuttable presumption and the onus is on the accused to raise the probable defence. The standard of proof for rebutting the presumption is that of p....
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