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Section 251 in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [Entire Act]
The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section 139 in The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 [Entire Act]
M/S Kumar Exports vs M/S Sharma Carpets on 16 December, 2008
11. It is settled law that once the execution of cheque is admitted,
Presumption under section 139 of NI act is raised in favour of the complainant.
The presumption raised is a rebuttable presumption and the onus on the accused
to raise a probable defence. The standard of proof for rebutting, the presumption
is that of preponderance of probabilities. [Basalingappa Vs. Mudibasappa (AIR
2019 SC 1983) See also Kumar Exports Vs. Sharma Carpets (2009) 2 SCC 513]
Sampelly Satyanarayan Rao vs Indian Renewable Energy Development ... on 19 September, 2016
15.2 On this point, it is profitable to mention the judgment of Sampelly
Satyanarayana Rao v. Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd.,
(2016) 10 SCC 458, Sripati Singh vs. State of Jharkhand & Anr., 2021 SCC
Online SC 1002 and Sunil Todi vs. State of Gujarat & Anr., 2021 SCC Online
SC 1174, wherein it has been held that merely because a cheque has been issued
for only security purposes will not absolve the accused from the liability u/s.
138 NI Act. It has been further held that a cheque issued as security pursuant to
a financial transaction cannot be considered as a worthless piece of paper under
every circumstance. It has been held by the Hon'ble Court that the accused
would very much be liable u/s. 138 NI Act for issuance of a security cheque
also, if on the date of the presentation of such cheque, there has not been a prior
discharge of debt, or if the cheque has not been given towards advance payment,
the goods in respect of which have not been received by the other party, or if
other than this there has been change in circumstances which precludes the
complainant from depositing the cheque with the bank.
Rajesh Jain vs Ajay Singh on 9 October, 2023
29. Reliance is being placed upon dictum of the Apex Court in CRIMINAL
APPEAL NO. 3126 OF 2023 (@ Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No.12802 of
2022) Rajesh Jain versus Ajay Singh, raison d'etre of which circled around the
questioning of the want of evidence on part of the complainant, in order to
support his allegation of having extended loan to the accused, whereas it was
held that the Courts ought to have instead concerned itself with the case set up
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by the accused and whether he had discharged his evidential burden by proving
that there existed no debt/liability at the time of issuance of cheque.