https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=416786 Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 fastens liability on the drawer or signatory of the cheque, and criminal prosecution cannot be extended to a mere joint account holder unless statutory liability is made out under Section 141. Where the cheque bore only one signature and the accused was not the signatory, the basic ingredients of the offence were absent against her. The initiation or progress of trial did not cure that defect, so the proceedings were liable to be quashed. en-us Fri, 29 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 08 Jan 2022 11:00:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=416786 Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 fastens liability on the drawer or signatory of the cheque, and criminal prosecution cannot be extended to a mere joint account holder unless statutory liability is made out under Section 141. Where the cheque bore only one signature and the accused was not the signatory, the basic ingredients of the offence were absent against her. The initiation or progress of trial did not cure that defect, so the proceedings were liable to be quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 29 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=416786