https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194488 Hire-purchase finance used to buy a rickshaw was treated as a loan in substance, so the Bombay Money-Lenders Act, 1946 applied and the statutory exclusion for loans to traders did not cover the borrower. A complaint by a Government public servant in the discharge of official duty did not require examination of the complainant and witnesses on oath under Section 200 CrPC, so cognizance was not procedurally defective. The complaint against the company director was also sustained because it contained specific averments that he was responsible for and in charge of the company's affairs, which was sufficient at the cognizance stage. en-us Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 11 Sep 2017 10:08:16 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194488 Hire-purchase finance used to buy a rickshaw was treated as a loan in substance, so the Bombay Money-Lenders Act, 1946 applied and the statutory exclusion for loans to traders did not cover the borrower. A complaint by a Government public servant in the discharge of official duty did not require examination of the complainant and witnesses on oath under Section 200 CrPC, so cognizance was not procedurally defective. The complaint against the company director was also sustained because it contained specific averments that he was responsible for and in charge of the company's affairs, which was sufficient at the cognizance stage. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194488