High Court to Quash Proceedings: Petitioners Not Liable for Cheque Dishonor Due to Insufficient Funds Under Vicarious Liability.

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....Dishonor of Cheque - insufficiency of funds - vicarious liability of the accused - As the petitioners are not the persons, who had drawn the cheque and they were not shown as the persons who were maintaining the account in the bank and that they had issued the subject cheques in discharge of their liability, continuation of the proceedings against them is considered as an abuse of process of law and as such liable to be quashed.- HC....