(viii) Sonia Mittal Vs. Yogshri Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., Crl.M.C.
4213/2016 and Crl.M.A. 1754117542/2016
Ld. counsel for the petitioners has also placed reliance on
judgment titled as "Ashoke Mal Bafna Vs. Upper India Steel Manufacturing
and Engineering Company Limited" (2018) 14 SCC 202. I have perused
this judgment. In this judgment, it is held that " To fasten vicarious liability
under Section 141 of the Act on a person, the law is well settled by this
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Court in a catena of cases that the complainant should specifically show
as to how and in what manner the accused was responsible. Simply
because a person is a Director of a defaulter Company, does not make
him liable under the Act. Time and again, it has been asserted by this
Court that only the person who was at the helm of affairs of the
Company and in charge of and responsible for the conduct of the
business at the time of commission of an offence will be liable for
criminal action". As per this judgment, the petitioner has resigned as
director with effect from 02.01.2006 and the fact of his resignation has been
furnished by Form 32 to the Registrar of Companies on 24.03.2006 in
conformity with the rules and the cheques were bounced on 24.08.2006.
In
this judgment, it is also held that "Learned counsel for respondents
Complainant No. 2 has drawn attention of this Court to paragraphs no.
26, 31 and 32 of the decision in Standard Chartered Bank (Supra) to
submit that in the complaints in question, there are allegations against
petitioners being responsible for day to day functioning /business of
accused company i.e. MIC Electronics Limited". In this judgment, it is
also held that "Upon hearing and on perusal of the impugned
complaints, summoning order and the decision cited, I find that
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