1994 (2) TMI 317

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....ll for the records in the above case and quash the same. 2. Short facts are :- The respondent has filed a private complaint against the petitioner for offences under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (Which I shall hereafter refer to as the "ACT"). 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would urge two grounds viz. 1. Power Agent cannot file a complaint. 2, In the complaint, there ....

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....nd other cases today that the payee represented by the power agent can very well file a complaint for offence under Section 138 of the Act and hence this ground is not available to the petitioner. Regarding submission No. 2, in Sheoratan Agarwal v. State of Madhya Pradesh , while considering the criminal liability fastened on a partner because of his being a partner in a firm which had committed a....