https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199113 Where amended Section 202 of the Code of Criminal Procedure applies, the Magistrate must conduct the prescribed limited inquiry before issuing process in a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. That inquiry is confined to a prima facie assessment and is not a full trial; at that stage the Magistrate may consider the statutory presumptions under Sections 118 and 139 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and Section 27 of the General Clauses Act. Process issued without complying with this mandatory procedure was unsustainable, so the order issuing process was set aside and the matter remanded for reconsideration under Section 202. en-us Mon, 26 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 15:43:21 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199113 Where amended Section 202 of the Code of Criminal Procedure applies, the Magistrate must conduct the prescribed limited inquiry before issuing process in a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. That inquiry is confined to a prima facie assessment and is not a full trial; at that stage the Magistrate may consider the statutory presumptions under Sections 118 and 139 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and Section 27 of the General Clauses Act. Process issued without complying with this mandatory procedure was unsustainable, so the order issuing process was set aside and the matter remanded for reconsideration under Section 202. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 26 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199113