https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=757858 Admission of the cheque, signature and borrowing attracted the statutory presumption under Section 139 that the cheque was issued for a legally enforceable debt or liability. The accused had to rebut that presumption on a preponderance of probabilities, but the plea of prior repayment was unsupported by reliable evidence, and the alleged security cheque character did not defeat Section 138 where an existing liability was shown. The revisional court found no patent illegality, perversity or jurisdictional error in the concurrent findings, so the conviction and sentence were maintained. en-us Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 03 Sep 2024 18:25:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=757858 Admission of the cheque, signature and borrowing attracted the statutory presumption under Section 139 that the cheque was issued for a legally enforceable debt or liability. The accused had to rebut that presumption on a preponderance of probabilities, but the plea of prior repayment was unsupported by reliable evidence, and the alleged security cheque character did not defeat Section 138 where an existing liability was shown. The revisional court found no patent illegality, perversity or jurisdictional error in the concurrent findings, so the conviction and sentence were maintained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=757858