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PANKAJ JAIN
Ashok Kumar Yadav – Appellant
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C. P. Wholesale India Pvt. Ltd. – Respondent
यह मामला नेगोसिएबल इंस्ट्रूमेंट्स एक्ट के तहत एक शिकायत से संबंधित है, जिसमें आरोपी ने एक चेक जारी किया था। अदालत ने स्पष्ट किया कि चेक के आधार पर यह मानना कि कोई ऋण या देयता है, यह एक अनुमान है जो कि अभियोजन के पक्ष में है और इसे खंडित किया जा सकता है। इस अनुमान को साबित करने की जिम्मेदारी अभियुक्त की होती है, और यह साबित करना कि कोई वैध ऋण या देयता नहीं है, यह परीक्षण के दौरान ही संभव है।
अदालत ने यह भी कहा कि इस प्रकार के मामलों में प्रारंभिक चरण में शिकायत को खारिज करना उचित नहीं है, क्योंकि इस समय केवल इतना देखा जाता है कि मामला बनता है या नहीं। जाँच और साक्ष्यों का मूल्यांकन बाद में किया जाएगा, और इस चरण पर विवादित तथ्यों का निर्णय नहीं किया जाना चाहिए।
अदालत ने यह भी बताया कि जब तक अभियुक्त अपने पक्ष में पर्याप्त साक्ष्य प्रस्तुत नहीं करता, तब तक प्रासंगिक प्रावधानों के तहत अभियोजन को उचित माना जाएगा। अतः, शिकायत और आगे की कार्यवाही को रोकने का निर्णय तब तक उचित नहीं है, जब तक कि मामला पूरी तरह से स्पष्ट न हो।
अंत में, अदालत ने कहा कि शिकायत को इस स्तर पर खारिज करना उचित नहीं है, और मामले की पूरी जाँच और सुनवाई के बाद ही कोई अंतिम निर्णय लिया जाना चाहिए।
JUDGMENT
Pankaj Jain, J. (Oral)
Present petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. impugning summoning order dated 21.10.2021 and setting aside order dated 31.01.2024 passed by JMFC, Gurugram in complaint case No.15226 of 2020 dated 09.07.2020 under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter referred to as 'the 1881 Act').
2. The respondent filed complaint under Section 138 of the 1881 Act in which the petitioner has been summoned to face summary trial vide order dated 21.10.2021. Further in compliance of Section 143-A interim compensation has been awarded against the petitioner and he has been ordered to deposit 20% of the cheque amount.
3. Counsel appearing for the petitioner while assailing the summoning order as well as complaint submits that so far as statutory presumption as provided under Sections 118 and 139 of the 1881 Act is concerned, that is not attached to legally enforceable debt. He submits that the complainant has merely relied upon ledger account to impress upon the Trial Court that there is a legally enforceable debt recoverable from the petitioner. The same is not sufficient. It has been contended that in the absence of there being invo
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The court reiterated that issues around cheque liability under Section 138 NI Act must be decided at trial, underscoring the necessity for allegations in complaints to be accepted as true at the quas....
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The legal presumption under Section 139 of the NI Act favors the complainant, and factual disputes must be resolved at trial, not pre-trial.
A PRESUMPTION THAT A CHEQUE PERTAINS TO A LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE DEBT OR LIABILITY ARISES WHEN THE SIGNATURE ON THE CHEQUE IS ADMITTED, BUT THIS PRESUMPTION IS REBUTTABLE AND THE BURDEN OF PROOF LIES ON....
The issuance of a cheque implies liability under the NI Act, and courts should not quash complaints based on disputed facts without trial.
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Dishonour of cheque – In exceptional circumstances, Court may take notice of attending circumstances to conclude that continuance of proceedings would amount to abuse of process of Court, or where qu....
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