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Issues: Whether a prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act was maintainable when the statutory notice mentioned the cheque number incorrectly, and whether such defect vitiated the complaint.
Analysis: The statutory notice under Section 138(b) must demand payment of the cheque amount and must, when read as a whole, convey the correct foundation of the claim. The number of the cheque is ordinarily incidental, but in a case involving a running business transaction and where the notice did not conform to the cheque, the incorrect cheque number was not treated as a mere immaterial error. Since the notice did not properly answer the cheque on which the prosecution was founded, the requirement of valid notice and consequent cause of action under the Act was not satisfied. The complainant also failed to remove the doubt arising from the inconsistent materials regarding the transaction and liability.
Conclusion: The complaint was held to be not maintainable in law, and the acquittal of the accused was sustained.
Final Conclusion: The appeal failed because the foundational statutory notice was held defective, leaving the acquittal undisturbed.
Ratio Decidendi: A prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act cannot succeed unless the statutory notice substantially conforms to the cheque and validly demands the cheque amount so as to create a lawful cause of action.
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