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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
RAKESH KAINTHLA
Sandeep Kumar Sharma – Appellant
Versus
PNB – Respondent
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| 1. loan advanced; cheque dishonoured for insufficient funds. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. accused admitted loan and cheque dishonour. (Para 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 3. lower courts upheld conviction under section 138. (Para 6 , 7) |
| 4. dispute over security cheque and recoveries. (Para 8 , 10 , 11) |
| 5. revisional jurisdiction limited absent perversity. (Para 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18) |
| 6. ingredients of section 138 offence outlined. (Para 19) |
| 7. presumption of debt on admitted cheque issuance. (Para 20 , 21 , 22 , 23) |
| 8. subsisting liability shown by account statement. (Para 24 , 25) |
| 9. security cheques attract section 138 liability. (Para 26 , 27 , 28 , 29) |
| 10. post-dishonour payments do not erase offence. (Para 30 , 31) |
| 11. cgtmse protects bank, not borrower. (Para 32 , 33 , 34 , 35) |
| 12. no evidence rebutted statutory presumption. (Para 36 , 37 , 38) |
| 13. unclaimed notice deemed served. (Para 41 , 42 , 43 , 44) |
| 14. all section 138 ingredients satisfied. (Para 45) |
| 15. sentence reduced; compensation upheld. (Para 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50) |
| 16. revision partly allowed. (Para 51 , 52 , 53) |
JUDGMENT :
RAKESH KAINTHLA, J.
1. The present revision is directed against the judgment dated 21.10.2022, passed by learned
Revisional jurisdiction limited to perversity; presumption under Sections 118/139 NI Act on cheque admission; security cheque liable if debt subsists; unclaimed notice deemed served; post-dishonour r....
Admission of cheque signatures triggers presumption of debt under NI Act ss.118/139, rebuttable only by accused evidence; security cheques attract s.138 liability if debt subsists; revisional jurisdi....
Admission of cheque signature triggers presumption under Sections 118(a) and 139 NI Act of debt discharge; security cheques attract Section 138 liability on dishonour; accused must rebut with evidenc....
Revisional jurisdiction limited to patent errors, no reappreciation absent perversity; presumption of debt under NI Act holds post cheque admission unless robustly rebutted; security cheques attract ....
Admission of cheque issuance raises rebuttable presumption under Sections 118/139 NI Act of discharge of debt; security cheques attract Section 138 liability if debt subsists; accused must lead evide....
Presumption under NI Act S.139 arises on cheque issuance admission; rebuttable by preponderance via evidence, not S.313 statement. Security cheques liable if debt unpaid; 'account closed' dishonour a....
Admission of cheque issuance raises rebuttable presumption under Sections 118(a), 139 NI Act of discharge of debt; security cheques attract Section 138 liability if subsisting debt exists; revisional....
Admission of cheque triggers presumption under Sections 118(a),139 NI Act of enforceable debt; security cheque liable under Section 138 if subsisting liability exists; accused fails to rebut by prepo....
Admission of cheque triggers presumption of debt under NI Act Sections 118(a), 139; security cheques attract Section 138 if liability exists; rebuttal by preponderance needed, not mere denial; revisi....
Admission of cheque issuance triggers presumption of debt under NI Act; security cheque liable for existing liability; unlicensed moneylender's NI complaint maintainable; revisional court defers to c....
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