https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=776061 Admission of the drawer's signature on the cheque triggered the statutory presumptions under Sections 118(a) and 139 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, and a cheque described as security still attracted Section 138 where contemporaneous material showed a legally enforceable liability on presentation. The accused's plea of a smaller loan, repayment, and interpolation in the affidavit failed because it was unsupported by evidence and a Section 313 CrPC statement is not substantive defence evidence; the presumptions therefore remained unrebutted on a preponderance of probabilities. Revisional interference with the one-year simple imprisonment and compensation was unwarranted because no patent illegality, perversity, or miscarriage of justice was shown. en-us Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 05 Aug 2025 07:54:16 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=776061 Admission of the drawer's signature on the cheque triggered the statutory presumptions under Sections 118(a) and 139 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, and a cheque described as security still attracted Section 138 where contemporaneous material showed a legally enforceable liability on presentation. The accused's plea of a smaller loan, repayment, and interpolation in the affidavit failed because it was unsupported by evidence and a Section 313 CrPC statement is not substantive defence evidence; the presumptions therefore remained unrebutted on a preponderance of probabilities. Revisional interference with the one-year simple imprisonment and compensation was unwarranted because no patent illegality, perversity, or miscarriage of justice was shown. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=776061