Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 726 · Decided 5 July 2019
Christopher Raj v. K Vijayakumar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 726 · [2019] 9 S.C.R. 61
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 986/2019
- Decided
- 5 July 2019
- Bench
- R. BANUMATHI, A.S. BOPANNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NI Act Section 138
Headnote
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881: s.138 - Insufficiency of funds - Dishonour of cheque - Trial court acquitted the appellant- accused - In appeal by complainant before High Court, there was no representation for the appellant-accused - Upon hearing the complainant, and convicted appellant-accused under s.138 of the Act - On appeal, held: Admittedly, the appellant-accused did not appear in the criminal appeal before the High Court - When the accused did not enter appearance in the High Court, High Court should have issued second notice to him
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