https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=430068 Dishonoured cheques issued towards part discharge of liability were treated as giving rise to a distinct cause of action for prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The existence of another complaint concerning related invoices did not, by itself, establish double jeopardy or sameness of offence, particularly where the earlier complaint acknowledged the pendency of the present case and a substantial outstanding liability remained. The High Court's inherent power under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 was described as limited at the pre-trial stage, and factual defences were left open. The challenge to the second complaint and the summoning proceedings therefore failed. en-us Thu, 10 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 11 Nov 2022 08:59:56 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=430068 Dishonoured cheques issued towards part discharge of liability were treated as giving rise to a distinct cause of action for prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The existence of another complaint concerning related invoices did not, by itself, establish double jeopardy or sameness of offence, particularly where the earlier complaint acknowledged the pendency of the present case and a substantial outstanding liability remained. The High Court's inherent power under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 was described as limited at the pre-trial stage, and factual defences were left open. The challenge to the second complaint and the summoning proceedings therefore failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 10 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=430068