2018 (7) TMI 2226

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....e State. ORDER 1. The petitioner in these matters has been summoned as an accused by the court of the Metropolitan Magistrate on complaint cases (nos.11087/2014 and 575/2015) respectively and faces prosecution on the allegations of he having committed an offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 respecting cheque nos.301978 and 301979, each of the value of Rs. 10 Lakh....

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....he acts involved in these matters were committed in Ahmedabad (Gujarat). 3. The question of territorial jurisdiction is rendered academic for the simple reason the averments in the complaints themselves endorse the objection of the petitioner that no charge for offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 can be brought against him with regard to the aforementioned three ch....