Sri. Venugopal.K vs Sri. Ashok Kumar H.S on 4 December, 2020
26. It is also relevant here to mention that, the
Accused/DW.1 in his evidence has taken specific
defence that, the cheque in question and other
cheque were issued to the complainant as a security
towards the loan amount of Rs.1 Lakh availed on
2.8.2014 and he had repaid the said loan amount
along with interest to the complainant but the
complainant did not return the said cheuqes to him
and has filled the cheque in question and misused it.
As it is already held in the above that, in support of
his evidence nothing has been produced before the
court to show that, he has given the cheque in
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question on 2.8.2014 to the complainant, except the
oral evidence nothing has been placed before the
court. Even for sake of discussion, if the defence of
the Accused i.e. the cheque in question has been
given to the complainant towards security of the
alleged loan amount of Rs.1 Lakh is taken into
consideration, in such circumstances also it attracts
the offence U/s.138 of N.I. Act, unless the accused
proved his defence, in this regard, it is relevant here
to refer the decision of Hon'ble Apex court of India
reported in (2016) 10 SCC 458 in the case of
Sampelly Sathyanarayana Rao Vs. Indian
Renewable Energy Development Ltd, wherein the
Hon'ble Apex Court held that " Even cheque issued
as security for payment of loan installments also
covered under the purview of sec. 138 of
Negotiable Instruments Act" In another decision
of Hon'ble High Court of Karnataka reported in 2015
(1) KCCR 235 in the case of Lale Patel Vs.
Sharanabasappa., wherein the Hon'ble High Court
held that " NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS ACT,
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1881 section 138 - Dishonour of cheque for
insufficiency of funds Plea of accused that he
had given a blank cheque signed as security for
a transaction and complainant filled up the
contents and denied existence of any debt or
loan - Conviction by Trial court Affirmed by
Appellate Court - Revision against. Hence the
Hon'ble High Court of Karnataka in the above
decision clearly held that, if the Accused has taken
defence that, blank signed cheque has been issued
as a security for transaction and the complainant
filled up the contents and the accused denied the
existence of debt or loan in such circumstances it is
for the accused to prove his/her defence by
producing cogent and convincible evidence, if the
Accused has not proved the same in such
circumstances, it cannot be held that, the cheque in
question was issued for the purpose of security in
connection with the alleged transaction.