https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=300152 Section 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 imposes only vicarious criminal liability, so the company or other juristic person that committed the cheque dishonour offence must be arraigned as an accused before liability can be fastened on persons in charge. The rule in Aneeta Hada was treated as a mandatory condition precedent and applied to pending trials, appeals, revisions and special leave matters. Where the company or association was not made an accused, the prosecution could not be maintained against the other accused persons, and the resulting convictions could not stand. en-us Tue, 24 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 14 Jan 2022 08:36:32 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=300152 Section 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 imposes only vicarious criminal liability, so the company or other juristic person that committed the cheque dishonour offence must be arraigned as an accused before liability can be fastened on persons in charge. The rule in Aneeta Hada was treated as a mandatory condition precedent and applied to pending trials, appeals, revisions and special leave matters. Where the company or association was not made an accused, the prosecution could not be maintained against the other accused persons, and the resulting convictions could not stand. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 24 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=300152