https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=415511 A second complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, based on the same transaction and parties after an earlier full trial and acquittal, was barred by Section 300 CrPC. The Court noted that evidence had already been recorded in the first complaint and the acquittal remained in force, so entertaining a fresh prosecution on the same cause of action amounted to a second trial for the same matter. The earlier view that the first complaint was premature did not justify reopening the allegations. The order directing the case to proceed was therefore unsustainable. en-us Fri, 26 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 08 Dec 2021 08:55:32 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=415511 A second complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, based on the same transaction and parties after an earlier full trial and acquittal, was barred by Section 300 CrPC. The Court noted that evidence had already been recorded in the first complaint and the acquittal remained in force, so entertaining a fresh prosecution on the same cause of action amounted to a second trial for the same matter. The earlier view that the first complaint was premature did not justify reopening the allegations. The order directing the case to proceed was therefore unsustainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 26 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=415511