https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199547 A payee may institute a Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act complaint through a power agent, so a maintainability objection based on direct filing by the payee fails. Partners of a firm may also be prosecuted for the offence even where the firm is not impleaded as an accused, because the statutory scheme under Section 141 permits such liability. On that reasoning, the quash petition was held to fail and the criminal proceedings were allowed to continue. en-us Wed, 02 Feb 1994 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 15:11:42 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199547 A payee may institute a Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act complaint through a power agent, so a maintainability objection based on direct filing by the payee fails. Partners of a firm may also be prosecuted for the offence even where the firm is not impleaded as an accused, because the statutory scheme under Section 141 permits such liability. On that reasoning, the quash petition was held to fail and the criminal proceedings were allowed to continue. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 02 Feb 1994 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199547