1996 (1) TMI 479

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....ates JUDGMENT P.V. Narayanan Nambiar, J. 1. A complaint filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act is sought to be quashed by the accused by filing Crl. M.C. 1327 of 1995. According to him, the complaint, Annexure-A1 does not disclose the relevant details which will constitute an offence. 2. I was taken through Annexure-A1. It must be noted that alongwith Annexure A1, do....

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..... The contention raised by the revision petitioner before me is that a blank cheque was handed over to the complainant as security for the transaction between the two and the cheque was subsequently filled up by the complainant. Counsel adds that filling up of the cheque by the complainant will amount to a material alteration coming within the purview of Section 87 of the Act. When a blank cheque ....

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.... But as already stated, a material alteration is different from filling up a blank cheque by the payee. 6. The application was filed at the time of defence evidence. Prosecution evidence is over. The accused was questioned under Section 313 Cr.P.C. and he was asked to enter into defence. It is at that stage he filed the application to send the cheque to an expert. This Court, as per the decisio....