Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 160 · Decided 10 February 2020
Rajeshbhai Muljibhai Patel and Others ETC. v. State of Gujarat and Another ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 160 · [2020] 2 S.C.R. 687
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 251/2020
- Decided
- 10 February 2020
- Bench
- R. BANUMATHI, A.S. BOPANNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 406, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 114; CrPC Section 482; CPC; Evidence Act Section 45, 73, 118(a); NI Act Section 138, 139, 118(a)
Headnote
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 - ss.138 and 139 - Appellant no.1 is real brother of respondent-accused in a criminal case filed u/s.138 by their maternal uncle-appellant no.3 - Both the brothers are residents of UK - Their father had agricultural lands in India - In same, accused called up appellant no.3, who gave Rs.30,00,000/- each on four days to respondent no.2 who issued receipts for and on behalf of accused - Accused later informed appellant no.3 that he had already sold the aforesaid lands to a company - Appellant no.3 demanded his legal
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