https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=427726 Criminal liability under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act attaches to the drawer or signatory of the cheque drawn on a maintained account, and cannot be extended to a person who is neither the drawer nor the signatory merely on an alleged joint or related liability. Where the complaint and supporting material do not disclose the essential ingredients of the offence against such a person, issuance of summons is unsustainable and continuation of proceedings amounts to abuse of process. The complaint may continue only against the actual drawer of the cheque. en-us Tue, 06 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 15 Sep 2022 11:59:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=427726 Criminal liability under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act attaches to the drawer or signatory of the cheque drawn on a maintained account, and cannot be extended to a person who is neither the drawer nor the signatory merely on an alleged joint or related liability. Where the complaint and supporting material do not disclose the essential ingredients of the offence against such a person, issuance of summons is unsustainable and continuation of proceedings amounts to abuse of process. The complaint may continue only against the actual drawer of the cheque. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 06 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=427726