https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176294 In a cheque dishonour prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, the High Court noted that the cheque was returned for insufficiency of funds, the statutory notice was not replied to, and the defence of misuse by another person was found improbable. The accused neither entered the witness box nor examined the alleged actual payee, while the complainant's version satisfied the ingredients of the offence. Concurrent findings of guilt were not disturbed in revision because no infirmity or perversity was shown. The conviction was maintained, but the custodial sentence was reduced from one year's rigorous imprisonment to three months, with the fine and default sentence left intact. en-us Mon, 09 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 19:55:50 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176294 In a cheque dishonour prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, the High Court noted that the cheque was returned for insufficiency of funds, the statutory notice was not replied to, and the defence of misuse by another person was found improbable. The accused neither entered the witness box nor examined the alleged actual payee, while the complainant's version satisfied the ingredients of the offence. Concurrent findings of guilt were not disturbed in revision because no infirmity or perversity was shown. The conviction was maintained, but the custodial sentence was reduced from one year's rigorous imprisonment to three months, with the fine and default sentence left intact. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 09 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176294