Shashikant Shamaldas Patel vs State Of Gujarat on 24 June, 2022
11. The decision rendered in Kalyani Baskar v. M.S.
Sampoornam (supra) was followed in the case of T. Nagappa
v. Y.R. Muralidhar (supra). In the present case, in his
complaint filed under Section 138 of the NI Act, the
complainant has stated that the accused had given him the
disputed cheque with his signature on it and had informed him
that if the cheque is deposited on the date so mentioned, he
would receive the amount mentioned in the cheque. As per the
complainant, after depositing the said cheque on 15.11.2018,
the same got returned owing to the account being closed.
Thus, after legal notice, the complaint was filed. The facts in
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the complaint suggest that the signed cheque was handed over
but the facts in the complaint also suggests that he was
informed that the complainant would receive the amount so
mentioned in the cheque. While it is the case of the
complainant that it was a cheque that was signed "in blank"