https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273694 A cheque issued and delivered towards a time-barred liability can still fall within Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act because delivery completes the cheque as a promise in writing, supported by Section 25(3) of the Indian Contract Act. The conviction was sustained on that basis. On sentence, substantive imprisonment was found unnecessary and the compensation was maintained as just, but the default sentence was modified for non-compliance with Section 30 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The result was limited to sentence modification, with the conviction affirmed. en-us Tue, 08 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 10 Jul 2018 14:52:24 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273694 A cheque issued and delivered towards a time-barred liability can still fall within Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act because delivery completes the cheque as a promise in writing, supported by Section 25(3) of the Indian Contract Act. The conviction was sustained on that basis. On sentence, substantive imprisonment was found unnecessary and the compensation was maintained as just, but the default sentence was modified for non-compliance with Section 30 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The result was limited to sentence modification, with the conviction affirmed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 08 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273694