https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=367481 An appellate criminal court may decide an appeal on merits from the record even when counsel are absent, and it is not required to adjourn the matter merely for non-appearance. Applying that principle, the appellate disposal was upheld. In the cheque dishonour prosecution, the accused failed to rebut the statutory presumption because the claim that the cheque was handed to a third party and misused was not supported by a police complaint or credible evidence showing how it reached the complainant. The conviction and sentence were therefore affirmed. en-us Mon, 13 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 08:24:12 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=367481 An appellate criminal court may decide an appeal on merits from the record even when counsel are absent, and it is not required to adjourn the matter merely for non-appearance. Applying that principle, the appellate disposal was upheld. In the cheque dishonour prosecution, the accused failed to rebut the statutory presumption because the claim that the cheque was handed to a third party and misused was not supported by a police complaint or credible evidence showing how it reached the complainant. The conviction and sentence were therefore affirmed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 13 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=367481