P&H: Orders concurrent running of sentences in cheque bounce case as complaints arose out of same transaction between same parties and offences were similar

(i) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Ss.138, 142 — Dishonour of cheque — Two Cheques issued for Rs. 15 lakhs and Rs. 7 lakhs were presented within validity, returned unpaid with remarks “payment stopped by the drawer” and “funds insufficient”, statutory notice was issued and payment...

(ii) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Ss.138, 118, 142 — Dishonour of cheque — Legally enforceable debt or liability — Once execution of cheques is proved, the appellate Court rightly held that statutory presumptions u/s.118 and 139 of Act would arise and it would be presumed...

(iii) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, S.138 — Dishonour of cheque — Defence of stolen or misplaced cheques — Plea that cheques were lost or stolen was not accepted where DDR was lodged after about eight months and newspaper publications were made only to create false...

(iv) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Ss.138, 139, 118 — Dishonour of cheque — Minor discrepancy in ink — Difference in ink used for writing the amount, name of payee and date in cheques was not a ground for acquittal — Such discrepancy did not dislodge the...

(v) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, S.138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S.427 — Dishonour of cheque— Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence — Concurrent running of sentences — Where complaints arose out of same transaction between same parties and offences were similar, substantive sentences...