https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299248 A company director cannot be fastened with vicarious liability under Section 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 merely by reason of office. The complaint must contain specific averments showing how and in what manner the accused was in charge of, and responsible for, the company's business at the relevant time. Bald or omnibus allegations are insufficient, particularly where the accused is not the managing director or the signatory to the cheques and no day-to-day role is pleaded. On those facts, the HC treated continuation of the prosecution as an abuse of process and held that the proceedings were liable to be quashed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. en-us Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 08 Dec 2021 10:23:32 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299248 A company director cannot be fastened with vicarious liability under Section 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 merely by reason of office. The complaint must contain specific averments showing how and in what manner the accused was in charge of, and responsible for, the company's business at the relevant time. Bald or omnibus allegations are insufficient, particularly where the accused is not the managing director or the signatory to the cheques and no day-to-day role is pleaded. On those facts, the HC treated continuation of the prosecution as an abuse of process and held that the proceedings were liable to be quashed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299248