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Section 118 in The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 [Entire Act]
The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
Section 313 in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [Entire Act]
Smt B Indramma vs Sri Eshwar on 25 March, 2009
As the facts
of the present case, which have already been noted elaborately in the preceding
paras, are different, so on that ground also the ratio of B Indramma (supra)
does not apply to the present case.
Madholal Sindhu vs Asian Assurance Co. Ltd. And Ors. on 17 September, 1955
60.I have already noted in the preceding paras the settled legal position that
Sections 118 and 139 NII Act introduce an exception to the general rule as to
the burden of proof in criminal cases and shift the onus on to the accused. If
the accused is proved to have discharged the initial onus of proof showing that
the existence of consideration was improbable or doubtful or the same was
illegal, the onus would shift to the complainant who would be obliged to prove
it as a matter of fact. However, as the accused miserably failed to rebut the
said presumtions, the onus never shifted upon the Complainant in the present
case to prove the debt/liability or to prove the agreement Exh. CW1/A. The
CC NO:3214/13 Smt. Jyoti Kalra vs Satinder Kumar Verma
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decisions in AIR 1928 PC 38, AIR 1965 Ori 126 and (1965) 2 Cr.LJ 107
(supra), Madholal Sindhu Vs. Asian Assurance Co. Ltd. & Ors. (1954) 56
BOMLR 147 (supra) and Dattatraya Vs. Rangnath Gopal Rao
Kawathekar AIR 1971 SC 2548 (supra) relied upon by the accused would
have been applicable only when the onus would have shited to the
Complainant. That not being the case, the ratio of the above authorities also
has no application to the facts of the present case.
Dattatraya vs Rangnath Gopalrao Kawathekar (Dead) By ... on 28 January, 1971
60.I have already noted in the preceding paras the settled legal position that
Sections 118 and 139 NII Act introduce an exception to the general rule as to
the burden of proof in criminal cases and shift the onus on to the accused. If
the accused is proved to have discharged the initial onus of proof showing that
the existence of consideration was improbable or doubtful or the same was
illegal, the onus would shift to the complainant who would be obliged to prove
it as a matter of fact. However, as the accused miserably failed to rebut the
said presumtions, the onus never shifted upon the Complainant in the present
case to prove the debt/liability or to prove the agreement Exh. CW1/A. The
CC NO:3214/13 Smt. Jyoti Kalra vs Satinder Kumar Verma
28
decisions in AIR 1928 PC 38, AIR 1965 Ori 126 and (1965) 2 Cr.LJ 107
(supra), Madholal Sindhu Vs. Asian Assurance Co. Ltd. & Ors. (1954) 56
BOMLR 147 (supra) and Dattatraya Vs. Rangnath Gopal Rao
Kawathekar AIR 1971 SC 2548 (supra) relied upon by the accused would
have been applicable only when the onus would have shited to the
Complainant. That not being the case, the ratio of the above authorities also
has no application to the facts of the present case.
Sanjay Cotton Co. vs Omprakash Shioprakash And Anr. on 25 August, 1972
61.Finally, there can be no dispute about the legal postion laid down in Sanjay
Cotton Co. Vs. Omprakash Shivprakash AIR 1973 Bom. 40 (supra) that
consent by a party to exhibit a document does not amount to an admission of
its content and a party has a right by cross examination to show that the
document is not genuine. The said decision, however, does not aid the accused
as he failed to assail the genuineness of the agreement Exh. CW1/A the
Complainant stood her ground despite being cross examined at length on
behalf of the accused.
M/S M. M. T. C. Ltd. & Anr vs M/S Medchl Chemicals & Pharma P. Ltd. & ... on 19 November, 2001
50.After referring to both the above decisions, it was held by the Hon'ble Supreme
Court in M/S M. M. T. C. Ltd. & Anr vs M/S Medchl Chemicals & Pharma
(P) Ltd 2002 SCC (Cri) 121 that there was therefore no requirement that the
Complainant must specifically allege in the complaint that there was a
subsisting liability. The burden of proving that there was no existing debt or
liability was on the accused, which he had to discharge in the trial(emphasis
supplied).