https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298943 Section 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act creates vicarious liability for partners or persons in charge only where the firm, treated as a "company" for this purpose, is itself shown to have committed the Section 138 offence. Because the provision is penal and must be strictly construed, prosecution of a partner alone is not sustainable when the partnership firm is not arraigned as an accused. On that basis, complaints against the partner alone were held not maintainable, and quashing under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure was justified. en-us Fri, 10 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 29 Nov 2021 11:21:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298943 Section 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act creates vicarious liability for partners or persons in charge only where the firm, treated as a "company" for this purpose, is itself shown to have committed the Section 138 offence. Because the provision is penal and must be strictly construed, prosecution of a partner alone is not sustainable when the partnership firm is not arraigned as an accused. On that basis, complaints against the partner alone were held not maintainable, and quashing under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure was justified. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 10 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298943