https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=343378 Admission of the cheque triggers the statutory presumption under Section 139 of the Negotiable Instruments Act that it was issued towards a legally enforceable debt or liability, and the accused can rebut it only by raising a probable defence on the preponderance of probabilities. A bare denial or unsupported allegation is insufficient, and a stop-payment return does not by itself defeat Section 138 where the presumption remains unrebutted. On the facts discussed, the accused produced no evidence to support the coercion plea, so the conviction was sustained. en-us Mon, 24 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 24 May 2017 11:53:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=343378 Admission of the cheque triggers the statutory presumption under Section 139 of the Negotiable Instruments Act that it was issued towards a legally enforceable debt or liability, and the accused can rebut it only by raising a probable defence on the preponderance of probabilities. A bare denial or unsupported allegation is insufficient, and a stop-payment return does not by itself defeat Section 138 where the presumption remains unrebutted. On the facts discussed, the accused produced no evidence to support the coercion plea, so the conviction was sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 24 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=343378