Karnataka High Court
R Mallikarjuna vs H R Sadashivaiah on 18 June, 2008
Author: Jawad Rahim
Bench: Jawad Rahim
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cemdiaint secured presence cf the respondent ~¥[je§::é.':§se_d ~ 2
issuance df ;:recess. The respendeet --;-Ae¢cdeed..'reéiSt:ed' we pmsecutier: centendind that he-was iidit_ {:~uifty'fe1v'f'..§:!?:eV§;fi3'eri?ce':> punishable under Section 138 df"vt'§i_e.;§:ct"é:'sdfqdasgvfinnecent. buried triai the Cemeieifeédt' eifija-fie:;fg*'wA:!vdi*:;e:-::iL'V.§'iA:ii*:'e__seIf end tendered evidence ef t?2reeA.witne$eev*$1enddfjei§ed"dd':V'--.S§'*'decuments. The respondent his contentions examined ffeiied on partition deed séiericediat ' ' 'C'er;_Vsi::ieititi¥;;v_dtVi'1eV evidence an retard the teamed «.trieiv-';ii:ide;e heid tir1xet"ti*:'d'z1ei1 execution ef the cheques by the '-"effitfdsed was estabiished 'yet the Compiainant had feiied'.te'f..sedbstent§ate that the cheques were issued by eccgzeed in discharge of iegai debt or Iiabiiity and ' ":£i'cnee"e«uentiy aceuéited him. Aaerieved by the said cemman V"'.._fijudeernent eaesed in the case referred td eeeve, the V , jCem:;iainer:t is in eeeeai.
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21. The gecsrzd aspect is ai>eL:i:14issu'a§:?'1'vci"e':1¢':;f' V€'t1éfq_ues K V' fer csnsicieratien. If we hoid that;"::he'_'_'c5 eq'ues' were iéeaihf enforceable. 3r:§§'*~..3;he A'CC§_rr":D§éév:r§é'%1}t"v~~i22:é to'- establish that it was issued bVy_ faccus§;d .ffi%*'f:§nHs§deratie22. The evidence of Compiaiffiéit t%1_a1L{.,'t.ai}ii'é:%_d'§'aiaiue of hi5 share , in Siddashwara 8.32:: Mifi"acéi;séé_'jh_a.%V'.is§::é6 twc» cheques, finés ms: "$7ii'pAa§:%;%t t:ha=g:evid é_'iiCé'V'cf accused himself. The fact tha 7t_t}1.e refieived the amount tewards vaiuegf th'é""i-arr";. 'Wés cane cf the meveabie property
-"'»_¢f tEi.éi'*j.;g.§'§1t..%farniA¥ik;vvsu;)ports Com:::iainar:t's centention that gin':Vé§?nii3r:_:i1éit3a%%r$%;anéinfi rice miiis owned by the jeint famiiy' fifépéfty fact brought into partitian under Ex.m. .. 22'; : Since the accuseé admits that he has succaaded '1 a"?§d"'£>és:ame ewfier cf tfie Siddeshwara Rice Miii and the VT Eufiisiaizwant hafi no share in it after suah acauififiion, is in V ' su¢por't of Cerm5iainant's case that he hafi giver: up his gin/Ly sum af Rs.3,0G,fifi'G/~ wéth fine sf Rs.2,,00,Gfl0/- uruderao sirnpie imprisarzmerst of three months."-fj' " M
29. Simiiariy, in C.(:. f~io}ASfZGifl 2";,'aé:a:$§fl~=.;v£$ ffiiififi auiity and sentenced ta -gay 'é.$'iimV cczvered under the cheque be$'i*i'2a_xgj fip. fiated 15» 11-2080 with fme of undergo simpie imprisaramerzt of ; ~--
30. deposit the said ameuntvV.:vitfii'Ai§~ §é Or: recavery cf the amaunt:'1.;Amp¢sé:%3:'v'i.éif3f§2}: as fine, the same shai! be paié is fhan%i2:;r's?§'r::iéi'n_a'z*:f".3s ztormawsatien. _ 31:5 Bfii;_h th'eHé;§fieais are aliowed.
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