He Relied Upon Judgement In The Cases Of ... vs . Vinkar on 28 January, 2022
40. It is a mandatory requirement under law for the complainant to
satisfy the requirement of Section 138 proviso (a) to (c) and only thereupon
presumption under Section 139 NI Act arises in favour of complainant,
driving the accused to rebut such presumption. Learned counsel for the
complainant relied on the judgment in the cases of the Rangappa vs.
Mohan, AIR 2010 SC 1898 of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, B.M.
Basavaraj vs. Srinivas S. Datta, IV (2016) SLT 155 of the Hon'ble
Supreme Court of India, Mukesh Kumar vs. State & Anr, 237 (2017)
DLT 657 of the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi, V.S. Yadav vs. Reena, 172
(2010) DLT 561 of the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi, Deepak Kumar vs.
State & Anr., 2019 (3) DCR 137 of the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi and
Shri Daneshwari Traders vs. Sanjay Jain & Ors, 2020 (1) JCC to
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buttress his argument with regard to presumption under Section 139 NI Act
which would act in favour of the complainant on the admission made by
the accused with regard to signature upon the cheques in issue. However, in
the present case, even though signature on the cheques in issue are
admitted, but the cheques have not been issued to the complainant in his
personal capacity and he is not even the payee or holder in due course qua
the cheques in issue and moreover, mandatory requirement under law for
the complainant to satisfy the requirement of Section 138 proviso (a) to (c)
has not been met, as observed earlier. Hence, presumption under Section
139 NI Act would not arise in favour of the complainant and the said
judgments relied upon by the complainant though pertinent, would not be
respectfully applicable to the facts and circumstances of the present case.