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Issues: Whether the cheque in question was issued towards discharge of a legally enforceable debt or liability.
Analysis: The complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 was founded on the presumption that the cheque was issued in discharge of debt. The revision petitioner rebutted that presumption by showing that the complainant admitted being an income tax assessee but had not disclosed the alleged loan transaction in the income tax returns. The amount involved was substantial, the cheque amount was not satisfactorily explained, and the complainant also admitted having withdrawn money by depositing one of the cheques, supporting the defence that the cheques were misused. In these circumstances, the non-disclosure of the transaction in tax records, coupled with the surrounding facts, was held sufficient to displace the presumption under Section 139.
Conclusion: The cheque was not proved to have been issued towards a legally enforceable debt or liability, and the conviction under Section 138 could not stand.
Ratio Decidendi: In a prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, where the complainant fails to disclose a substantial cash loan in income tax returns and the surrounding evidence raises a credible defence of cheque misuse, the statutory presumption under Section 139 stands rebutted.
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