Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 393 · Decided 15 March 2019
Rohitbhai Jivanlal Patel v. State of Gujarat & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 393 · [2019] 5 S.C.R. 417
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 508/2019
- Decided
- 15 March 2019
- Bench
- ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE, DINESH MAHESHWARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NI Act Section 118, 138, 139
Headnote
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 - ss. 118, 138 and 139 - Presumption u/ss. 118 and 139 - 7 cheques of Rs. 3 Lakhs each, drawn by the accused-appellant in favour of the complainant- respondent no.2 - Dishonoured - Trial Court dismissed the 7 complaints cases filed by set aside the said orders and convicted the appellant for the offence u/s.138 - On appeal, held: Appellant could not deny his signature on the cheques in question - Said cheques were presented to the Bank concerned within the period of their validity and were returned unpaid for
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)