https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=325578 A holder in due course can maintain a complaint under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act because the statute permits a complaint by the payee or holder in due course, and the section 118(g) presumption supports that status unless rebutted. A defence raised by the accused that does not displace the statutory ingredients of the offence is not a valid basis for quashing criminal proceedings under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, so threshold interference was unwarranted. The order quashing the proceedings was set aside and the complaints were allowed to continue. en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 14:06:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=325578 A holder in due course can maintain a complaint under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act because the statute permits a complaint by the payee or holder in due course, and the section 118(g) presumption supports that status unless rebutted. A defence raised by the accused that does not displace the statutory ingredients of the offence is not a valid basis for quashing criminal proceedings under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, so threshold interference was unwarranted. The order quashing the proceedings was set aside and the complaints were allowed to continue. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 10 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=325578