Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 837 · Decided 8 December 2021
K.S. Ranganatha v. Vittal Shetty
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 837 · [2021] 9 S.C.R. 652
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1860/2011
- Decided
- 8 December 2021
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, A.S. BOPANNA, HIMA KOHLI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 365, 342, 323, 506; CrPC Section 2(d); NI Act Section 138, 118(a), 139
Headnote
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 - s.138 - Dishonour of cheque - Appellant acquitted by trial court - Acquittal reversed by High Court - On appeal, held: Respondent successfully discharged the initial burden cast on him - He established signed by the appellant was issued in his favour towards discharge of a legally recoverable amount - Parties were known to each other - Appellant admitted about an earlier transaction where he had borrowed the amount and repaid - This indicates that the parties had entered into
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