[2010(7) ADJ 592]
ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT
BEFORE : RAM AUTAR SINGH, J.
NARESH DUBEY …Petitioner
Versus
STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER ….Respondents
(A) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881—Section 138—Criminal Procedure Code, 1973—Sections 482, 161 and 200—(Indian) Penal Code, 1860—Sections 364, 147,148, 149 and 323—General Clauses Act, 1897—Section 9—Dishonour of cheques—Demand notice—Complaint—Summoning order—Sustainability of—Objection moved against summoning order rejected by trial Court—Another criminal case instituted by respondent No. 2—Application under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. also moved—High Court found in view of statement under Section 161 of Cr.P.C. and evidence collected by I.O.—Prima facie offence under Sections 364, 147, 148, 149 and 323 of IPC made out—On receipt of intimation from Bank respondent No. 2 issued legal/demand notice seeking payment of cheque amount—In present case demand notice issued within time—Complaint also filed within time—Summoning order sustainable—No jurisdiction error committed—Complaint under Section 138 of N.I. Act is maintainable. [Paras 9, 14, 17 and 18]
(B) General Clauses Act, 1897—Section 9—Words 'From' and 'to'—Limitation—Date of commencement of—Where there is an ambiguity or suspicion with reference to date of commencement of period of limitation in any Act or special enactment—Words 'From' and 'to' employed in Section 9 of Act—Can be pressed into service. [Para 17]
(C) Constitution of India, 1950—Article 21—Liberty—Fundamental right—It cannot be taken away except in accordance with procedure established by law. [Para 18]
Result; Revision/Application Dismissed.
Cases cited :
(2010) 1 SCC 1147 (Para 12); 1998 Cri LJ 4330 (Ker) (Para 16).
Hon’ble Ram Autar Singh, J.—These Criminal Revision Nos. 760 of 2000 and 761 of 2000 have been directed against the orders dated 29.11.1999 and 18.4.2000 passed by Civil Judge, Junior Division, Tirwa, District Kannauj in Criminal Cases No. 1265 of 1999 and 1264 of 1999 (Dharmendra Mishra v. Naresh Dubey and others), whereby the revisionists have been summoned to face trial and objections moved by them against above summoning orders have been rejected.
2. The Criminal Misc. Application (under Section 482 Cr.P.C.) No. 625 of 2004 has been moved by Jitendra Mishra @ Sanjay, Dharmendra Misra, Ajit Doharey and Shyam Sunder Gupta against State of U.P. and Anil Mishra with prayer to quash charge-sheet submitted in Case Crime No. 966 of 1999, under Sections 364, 147, 148, 149, 323 I.P.C., P.S. Kotwali Farrukhabad, District Farrukhabad.
3. It transpires from the record that Criminal Case No. 1265 of 1999 was instituted by respondent No. 2, Dharmendra Mishra against the revisionists Naresh Dubey and Brijesh Kumar Dubey in the Court of Munsif Magistrate, Kannauj under Section 138 Negotiable Instrument Act with this allegation that respondent No. 2 had deposited his amount in Farrukhabad Investment Company, Branch Kannauj and on its maturity a cheque No. 077152 dated 6.5.1999 of Bank of India, Kayamganj Branch for sum of Rs.8750/- was issued by Director of above Company in his favour. The respondent No. 2 deposited said cheque for payment in his account of Central Bank of India, Vishnupuri Extension, Lucknow and the said bank informed him through cheque return memo on 23.7.1999 with this remark that no sufficient amount was available for payment in the said account and thus the said cheque was bounced. The revisionists thus committed cheating by issuing the said cheque which was dishonoured due to insufficient fund in their account. The respondent No. 2 then sent a notice dated 9.8.1999 to the revisionists asking them to pay the said amount but the revisionists did not receive the said notice and returned the same.
4. The Criminal Case No. 1264 of 1999 was also instituted by respondent No. 2, Dharmendra Mishra against the revisionists Naresh Dubey and Brijesh Kumar Dubey in the Court of Munsif Magistrate, Kannauj under Section 138 Negotiable Instrument Act with this allegation that respondent No. 2 had deposited his amount in Farrukhabad Investment Company, Branch Kannauj and on its maturity a cheque No. 44980 dated 16.6.1999 of State Bank of India, 80 Feet Road, Kanpur for sum of Rs. 7.00 lacs was issued by Director of above Company in his favour. The respondent No. 2 deposited said cheque for payment in his account of Central Bank of India, Vishnupuri, Extension Branch, Lucknow and the said bank informed him on 24.7.1999 through cheque return memo with this remark that no sufficient amount was available in the said account for payment and thus the said cheque was bounced. The revisionists thus committed cheating by issuing the said cheque which was dishonoured due to insufficient fund in their account. The respondent No. 2 then sent a notice dated 9.8.1999 to the revisionists asking them to pay the said amount but the revisionists did not receive the said notice and returned the same.
5. In above criminal cases the statement of revisionist was recorded under Section 200 Cr.P.C. and he also filed above cheques duly signed by the Director of Farrukhabad Investment Company in original and other documents. The learned Magistrate on the basis of oral and documentary evidence found a prima facie case under Section 138 Negotiable Instrument Act made out against the revisionists and summoned them to face trial vide order order dated 29.11.1999, against which the revisionist filed objections alleging that the Courts below did not consider the evidence on record before passing the impugned orders, because the complainants did not deposit any amount in Farrukhabad Investment Company Limited, Kannauj nor investment company issued the disput
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