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Delhi District Court

Metropolitan Magistrate vs P.Sudhakar Rao 1999(4) Rcr(Cr) 765 ... on 3 August, 2007

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        IN THE COURT OF SH RAJESH KUMAR GOEL
            METROPOLITAN MAGISTRATE ,
            ROHINI COURTS : DELHI


JUDGMENT:

A SL NO. OF THE CASE : 99/01/02 B: NAME OF THE : Sh Simran Pal COMPLAIANT singh s/o Sh G.S. Suri r/o A2 -A / 253 Janak Puri , Delhi C: Date of filing of : 20.04.2002 complaint D: NAME OF THE : Smt Charanjeet ACCUSED Kaur w/o Sh Ranjit Singh, r/o 60/1 , Block II , W.H.S Kirti Nagar, Delhi E: OFFENCE : 138 Negotiable COMPLAINED OFF Instrument Act F: PLEA OF ACCUSED : PLEADED Not GUILTY G: FINAL ORDER : Convicted H: DATE OF SUCH : 03.08.2007.

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a) The accused issued a cheque on an account maintained by him with a bank .
b) The said cheque has been issued in discharge of any legal debt or other liability .
c) The cheque has been presented to the bank within a period of six months from the date of the cheque or within the period of its validity .
d) when the aforesaid cheque was represented for encashment the same was received back dishonoured.
e) The drawee of the cheque issued a legal notice within 15 days ( w.e.f 6.2.2003 30 days) from the receipt of the information by him from the bank regarding the return of the cheque .
f) The drawer of the cheque failed to make the payment within the 15 days of the receipt of the said notice .

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" wherein the notice of demand u/s 138 N.I. Act is served by post through Registered post or postal service etc, with the correct address of the drawer written on it, it raise the presumption of service unless the drawer proves that it was not received by him."

14. In case title Aparna Agencies Vs P.Sudhakar Rao 1999(4) RCR(Cr) 765 while discussing Section 27 of General Clause Act Hon'ble High Court has observed:

" for drawing a presumption of service under this section here are three requirements namely
(a) properly address (b) prepaying and © posting by registered post."

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Thus , even if a blank promissory note is given, it cannot be taken as a defence to avoid a decree based on such instrument, once it is found that the document produced before the court satsifies the requirements of a promissory note within the meaning of the Negotiable Instrument Act. The instrument may be wholly blank or incomplete in particular in either case, the holder has the authority to make or complete the instrument as a negotiable one.
The authority implied by a signature to a blank instrument is so wide that the party so signing is bound to be a holder in due course. Even though the holder was authorised to fill a certain amount and he in fact inserts a greater amount, it is necessary that the sum ought not to exceed the amount covered by the same.
Promissory notes are often executed in the name of the payer and left unfilled to be afterwards filled by the actual holder, the object being to enable the owner to pass it off to another with incurring (P/23 ) the responsibility as an endorsor. Thus, it is seen that the person in possession of an instrument incomplete in material particulars, has the authority prima facie to fill it up and thus, the executant becomes liable to pay the amount due. Moreover, when there is a clear finding of fact rendered by the trial court, that a blank signature on stamp paper was given and the document produced before the court satisfied the conditions of a promissory note, there could be no impediment to grant a decree."
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