https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302976 A complaint under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 was held not maintainable where the statutory notice was returned unserved and there was no acknowledgment showing service on the drawer. The Court treated service of notice and the consequent opportunity to pay within the prescribed time as a foundational requirement for prosecution, and found that requirement unmet on the facts. It further held that the availability of revision under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 did not bar exercise of inherent jurisdiction under Section 482, so the criminal proceedings were liable to be quashed. en-us Thu, 15 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 15:50:23 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302976 A complaint under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 was held not maintainable where the statutory notice was returned unserved and there was no acknowledgment showing service on the drawer. The Court treated service of notice and the consequent opportunity to pay within the prescribed time as a foundational requirement for prosecution, and found that requirement unmet on the facts. It further held that the availability of revision under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 did not bar exercise of inherent jurisdiction under Section 482, so the criminal proceedings were liable to be quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 15 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302976