Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 514 · Decided 1 August 2014
Dashrath Rupsingh Rathod v. State of Maharashtra & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 514 · [2014] 11 S.C.R. 921
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2287/2009
- Decided
- 1 August 2014
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, VIKRAMAJIT SEN, C. NAGAPPAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 177, 178; NI Act Section 138, 142
Headnote
Jurisdiction: • .. --- Territorial jurisdiction - Of criminal complaint filed under Chapter XVII of Negotiable Instruments Act - Held: General rule stipulated u/s. 177 Cr.P.C. applies to case uls. 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act - Thus, the place or situs where A B c the to be filed, cannot be of the choice 0 of the complainant - The territorial jurisdiction is restricted to the Court within whose local jurisdiction the offence was committed i.e. where the cheque is dishonored by the Bank on which it is drawn- The place of issuance or delivery of the statutory
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