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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
RAKESH KAINTHLA
Sunil Kumar – Appellant
Versus
Surinder Garg – Respondent
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| 1. cheques issued for rs12l loan; dishonoured for insufficient funds. (Para 2 , 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 2. lower courts upheld conviction under presumption of debt. (Para 6 , 7) |
| 3. cheque issued as security; no enforceable debt proved. (Para 8 , 9) |
| 4. revisional jurisdiction limited; no reappreciation absent perversity. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16) |
| 5. five ingredients required for section 138 ni act offence. (Para 17) |
| 6. defense claims rs1l loan with security cheque misused. (Para 18 , 23) |
| 7. cheque admission triggers rebuttable presumption under sections 118/139. (Para 19 , 20 , 21 , 22) |
| 8. rs12l receipt falsifies claim of small loan. (Para 24) |
| 9. security cheques attract section 138 liability if debt subsists. (Para 25 , 26 , 27 , 28) |
| 10. partial payments do not extinguish cheque enforcement liability. (Para 29) |
| 11. bank memo presumes cheque dishonour for insufficient funds. (Para 30 , 31) |
| 12. notice served; all section 138 ingredients satisfied. (Para 32) |
| 13. one-year imprisonment and rs6l compensation upheld as deterrent. (Para 33 , 34 , 35 , 36) |
| 14. revision dismissed; no infirmity in lower judgments. (Para 37 , 38 , 39) |
JUDGMENT :
Rakesh Kainthla, J.
The present revision is dir
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....
Signature admission on cheque raises presumption of debt under NI Act; accused must rebut by preponderance even if blank security cheque; revisional jurisdiction limited, upholds concurrent findings ....
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 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....
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 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....
Admission of cheque signature raises NI Act presumptions of debt discharge (ss.118(a),139); accused must rebut with evidence, not mere denial. Security/blank signed cheques attract s.138 liability de....
Signature admission on cheque triggers Sections 118(a),139 NI Act presumption of debt discharge; accused must rebut by evidence, mere denial insufficient; revisional jurisdiction limited, no interfer....
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