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Shashi Shankar Roy filed a criminal complaint (Case No. 2106 of 2014) in which the court took cognizance under Section 418 of the IPC and Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The petitioner was dissatisfied that cognizance was not taken for other alleged offences and later reached a …
The petitioner, Krishna Kumar Thakur, filed a petition under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash the order dated 16 May 2018 of the Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi, which had taken cognizance of an offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. Both parties …
The petitioner, Ramadhar Ram, applied for pre‑arrest bail in a complaint alleging cheating, criminal breach of trust and forgery under IPC sections 420, 406, 467, 468, 471 and NI Act section 138. The petitioner claimed innocence and sought settlement through mediation, while the State and …
Manoj Kumar filed an application seeking to quash the order dated 08‑09‑2014 by the Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Katihar, which had taken cognizance of an alleged offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The petitioner argued that the order should be set aside. During hearing, …
Manju Devi was named in a complaint (Case No. 1564C of 2019) alleging that she failed to return a Rs. 2 lakh loan and issued a dishonoured cheque, leading to a charge under Section 406 of the IPC for criminal breach of trust. The petitioner argued that the dispute was essentially civil, concerning …
Sunil Kumar filed a petition under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. seeking to quash the order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate that had taken cognizance of an offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The petitioner argued that the proviso to Section 138, clause (b), requiring a …
The petitioners Subhasis Tripathi, Ashish Tripathi and Ram Mukherji filed a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution seeking to quash an order dated 14‑12‑2007 that took cognizance of offences under Sections 420 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 138 of the Negotiable …
The petitioner, Anil Kumar, was named in a 2018 complaint alleging offences under IPC sections 420 and 406 and NI Act section 138 for a dishonoured cheque of Rs. 4 lakh related to a land sale. The petitioner argued that the dispute was essentially civil, that the sale consideration had already been …
Geeta Devi, the mother of co-accused Ajeet Kumar, was implicated in a case of cheque bounce (Sections 420, 406 IPC and Section 138 NI Act) where two cheques drawn by Ajeet Kumar and Radha Devi were dishonoured. She contended that she did not draw the cheques and that the dispute was essentially …
The petitioner, Ram Nandan Singh, sought cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to Satya Prakash (opposite party no.2) in a cheating and criminal breach of trust case involving Rs.29 lakh. The petitioner argued that the bail order treated the dispute as civil and that the accused had …
The petitioner, Dilip Kumar, filed a criminal revision challenging an order of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate directing the accused to pay 20% of a dishonoured cheque as interim compensation under Section 143A of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The High Court held that the order was …
Petitioner Jainul Abedin sought anticipatory bail fearing arrest in a complaint (Case No. 1536 of 2022) alleging fraud, cheating and forgery under IPC sections 406, 420 and 468. He contended that the complaint was false and retaliatory, stemming from earlier complaints he lodged against the …
The petitioner, Umesh Pathak, sought regular bail in a case where his son, Rupesh Kumar Pathak, was alleged to have defrauded an informant of about Rs. 42 lakh and issued bounced cheques, invoking Sections 406, 420, 120B of the IPC and Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The petitioner …
The petitioner, Ajit Kumar Singh, filed a criminal miscellaneous application under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash a Fast Track Court order that had taken cognizance against him under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The order was originally set aside by a …
The petitioner, Manish Singh, was charged in Complaint Case No. 2040 of 2010 for alleged offences under Sections 406, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 384 IPC relating to a commercial dispute over diesel pump sets supplied to the Bihar State Ward Board. The petitioner contended that the matter was essentially …
Petitioner Krishna Deo Kumar Singh sought quashing of FIR No. 25 of 2020 registered at Taraiya Police Station, which alleged offences under IPC sections 420, 406, 506 and Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The petitioner contended that an offence under Section 138 can only be pursued by …
Appellant Deepak Kumar filed a criminal appeal challenging the order dated 22.07.2024 by which the Special Judge, SC/ST (POA) Act, Muzaffarpur rejected his anticipatory bail in Muzaffarpur Sadar P.S. Case No.831 of 2022. The case arose from allegations that a cheque of Rs.1,90,000 issued by the …
The petitioner, Sanjeev Kumar Chaurasia, was implicated in a complaint (No. 2443 of 2022) alleging cheating through a dishonoured cheque of Rs.55,000 and offences under several IPC sections. He contended that the cheque was never presented to the bank and that no bank memo existed, arguing that the …
Petitioner Parshuram Paswan sought anticipatory bail fearing arrest in connection with Complaint No. 264C of 2023, which alleged offences under Sections 420, 406 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The petitioner argued that anticipatory bail was …
The appellant, Nabros Pharma Pvt. Ltd., filed a criminal appeal under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act against Finoglobal Exports Ltd. and others. The High Court had earlier issued a notice on 5 July 2025, making the appeal returnable on 4 August 2025. The notice was duly served, but …
The petitioner Mukesh Kumar filed an application to quash the order dated 14‑06‑2018 of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, which had taken cognizance of an offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act for a bounced cheque of Rs.2,75,000. The prosecution alleged that the …
The petitioner, Nand Kumar Singh, was charged under IPC sections 406, 420 and 504 for allegedly refusing to execute a sale deed after receiving full payment for land. The petitioner contended that the dispute was purely contractual and that the complainant should seek civil relief for specific …
The petitioner, Rahul Kumar, sought anticipatory bail after a complaint was lodged alleging that he borrowed Rs. 5,00,000 from the complainant, issued a cheque for Rs. 4,30,000 which subsequently bounced, and faced charges under several IPC sections and Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. …
The petitioner, Nand Kumar Singh, was charged under IPC sections 406, 420 and 504 following a complaint by Binay Kumar alleging that the petitioner failed to execute a sale deed after receiving full payment for land. The petitioner contended that the dispute was purely contractual and that the …
The petitioners, senior officials of Bajaj Auto Ltd., sought to quash an FIR (Bettiah PS Case No.563/2014) filed on a complaint by ex‑dealer Suman Singh alleging offences under Sections 384, 406, 420, 467, 468, 504, 506 and 34 IPC. The petitioners contended that the complaint lacked the mandatory …
Suraj Kumar applied for anticipatory bail in a case filed under IPC sections 406, 420, 34 and NI Act section 138 alleging he took construction material worth Rs.11,90,535 and issued a Rs.6,00,000 cheque that later bounced. The petitioner failed to appear at three mediation dates despite interim …
The petitioner, Sanjeet Kumar, sought pre‑arrest bail in a complaint alleging cheating, criminal breach of trust and dishonour of cheques under IPC §§420, 406 and NI Act §138. The dispute arose from a vehicle sale agreement where post‑dated cheques issued by the petitioner were dishonoured. Both …
The petitioner, Chandshekhar Pathak, applied for anticipatory bail fearing arrest in a case involving offences under IPC sections 420, 406, 323, 341, 504 and Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The State opposed the bail, stating that the petitioner had been declared an absconder and that …
Ram Chandra Khairwar filed an application seeking interim protection and to raise objections to the maintainability of his prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The petitioner later requested to withdraw the application and to raise all grounds at the stage of framing of …
The petitioner, Sudhanshu Shekhar, filed an application to quash an anticipatory bail order dated 22‑05‑2019 that required him to deposit Rs 1 lakh in two installments. He had earlier undertaken to return the principal amount to the second opposite party but failed to do so. The court observed that …
The petitioner, Rakesh Kumar Harsh, was arrested on 10‑10‑2025 in connection with FIR No.2‑08‑2025 alleging forgery and cheating involving Rs 20 lakhs, punishable under various sections of the Bihar Negotiable Instruments Act and Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. He applied for bail, …
The petitioner, Vimlendu Kr. Singh, was arrested in connection with a complaint alleging that he cheated an informant and her daughter of Rs 16 lakh by taking a loan and issuing a cheque that later bounced. The FIR was filed under Sections 316(2) and 318(4) of the Bhartiya Nayay Sanhita, although …
The applicant, S. Srikanth, sought revision of his conviction under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, which had resulted in one month imprisonment and a compensation order of Rs. 3,58,500, affirmed by the appellate court. The revision petition had been pending for over nine years, and …
The original complainant sought leave to appeal an acquittal of the respondent under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, alleging that two cheques issued for a property sale were dishonoured. The complainant claimed the sale agreement was complete and the cheques were issued to satisfy a …
The petitioner, Ketan Kumar, filed a complaint alleging that the opposite party had issued a cheque for Rs.1,88,227 that later bounced, invoking Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act as well as Sections 420 and 406 of the IPC. The magistrate dismissed the complaint on the ground that it was …
Petitioner Md. Athar Parwez filed a writ petition seeking to quash Police Station Kanti Case No. 102 of 2021, which alleged offences under IPC sections 406 and 420 and NI Act section 139. The High Court observed that a charge‑sheet had already been filed and cognizance taken, and the case was at the …
The applicant sought condonation of a 458‑day delay in filing a criminal appeal against an acquittal. The counsel requested to withdraw the application, relying on a recent Gujarat High Court decision (Shivsinh Ganpatsinh Solanki v. State of Gujarat & Anr., 23‑12‑2025) which, following Supreme Court …
Petitioner Nandu Kumar sought bail in a case registered in 2018 under IPC sections 406, 420, 467 and 468 relating to alleged non‑payment of maize and dishonoured cheques. The prosecution alleged he received maize worth Rs. 50,62,506, paid only Rs. 35,46,319 and issued a Rs. 50,000 cheque that …
The petitioner, Md. Tamimul Huk, was implicated in a complaint (No. 2986 of 2017) alleging criminal breach of trust under Section 406 IPC and cheque dishonour under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, based on three cheques issued from a dormant account. The petitioner argued that the …
Durga Prasad filed an application to quash the order dated 20‑08‑2020 of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate‑XIV, Patna, which had taken cognizance of offences under Sections 406 and 420 of the IPC and Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The parties had resolved the commercial …
The petitioner, Dinesh Kumar Sharan, filed an application in a complaint case (No.1028 of 2011) concerning a cheque bounce under the Negotiable Instruments Act. No counsel appeared on behalf of the petitioner, while the State was represented by Mr. Pranav Kumar. The High Court examined the …
The petitioner, Vicky Kumar Jha, was implicated in a complaint (Case No. 830 of 2023) alleging cheque bounce offences under Sections 406, 420 of the IPC and Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. He denied signing the alleged agreement, claimed no money was transferred to his account, and …
Petitioner Pramod Sah was charged under IPC sections 420 and 406 and N.I. Act section 138 for allegedly taking Rs. 60 lakhs from an informant for a cold storage project and issuing six dishonoured cheques. He had been in custody for over two years after his provisional bail was cancelled for …
Hemalbhai Devchandbhai Khatri, the accused, filed an application under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking to quash his conviction and sentence dated 29‑11‑2025 in a criminal appeal and the earlier order of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate dated 24‑07‑2023 …
Petitioner Dharmveer Singh filed an application seeking cancellation of the regular bail granted to three accused (Harsh Kumar, Sanjay Kumar and Pramod Kumar) in a case under Sections 406, 420 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The petitioner alleged that the …
The dispute arose from a terminated distributorship agreement between Varun Beverages Ltd. and the complainant, who alleged non‑payment of commissions and issued a cheque that later bounced. The complainant filed a criminal complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and later a …
The appellant UCO Bank alleged that its former employee Rajendra Shankar Shukla, while in charge of an extension counter, issued a Rs.3 lakh cheque without sufficient funds in 1991, leading to a charge sheet issued only in 1998. Shukla superannuated in January 1999, but disciplinary proceedings …
The appellant, a bank branch manager, was charged with multiple IPC offences for allegedly conspiring with co‑accused to cheat a complainant after a lost cheque book was reported. The complainant had written to the bank on 17 May 2004 requesting that the lost cheques not be honoured, and the bank …
A criminal complaint was filed against a medicine‑manufacturing company and its directors alleging that the drug was defective due to fungal growth, constituting a breach of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. The company and its directors sought to quash the complaint under Section 482 of the Criminal …
The case concerned the discounting and rediscounting of two bills of exchange by UCO Bank, allegedly to provide funds to stock‑broker Harshad Mehta for securities transactions. The Supreme Court examined whether the Special Court (Trial of Offences Relating to Transactions in Securities) Act, 1992 …
The proprietor of Akash Traders filed a criminal complaint against the Managing Director of Britannia Industries Ltd, alleging criminal breach of trust under Section 406 IPC for demand drafts issued for undelivered goods. The company itself was not impleaded, and the appellant was initially …
All Cargo Movers (I) Pvt. Ltd. and related companies entered into a contract of carriage to deliver consignments to Kenya. The goods were allegedly delivered without the original Bills of Lading, leading the consignee to claim breach of contract and file a civil suit in the Bombay High Court. More …
John K. John filed criminal complaints under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act alleging that Tom Vargheese issued two cheques which were dishonoured for insufficient funds. The trial court and the appellate court held that the respondent was guilty, but the Kerala High Court, on …
Elkay International supplied chemicals to VHEL Industries Ltd., which issued three cheques that were later dishonoured. A complaint was filed against the company, its managing director, and other directors, including the appellant who had resigned from the board before the cheques were issued. The …
The appellant, a share broker, was charged under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act for the dishonour of a cheque issued to a member of the Cochin Stock Exchange. He contended that the cheque was given as security, not in discharge of any debt, and that he had discharged the initial …
The petitioner, a common carrier governed by the Carriers Act, 1865, filed a petition before the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission alleging loss due to the carrier's negligence. The issue was whether Section 9 of the Carriers Act, which places the burden on the carrier to prove absence …
The appellant, a director of Mis. Rama Fibres Ltd, was charged under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act for dishonoured cheques. The company faced winding‑up proceedings, and the magistrate suspended prosecution against the company but proceeded against the directors. The appellant argued …
Associated Cement Company Ltd. filed a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act against Kesvanand. The magistrate examined the company’s authorized representative, Puneet Aggarwal, on oath, but on two consecutive dates the representative was absent and the magistrate acquitted …
The Supreme Court issued a clarificatory order modifying its earlier judgment (1 May 1996) in Writ Petition (C) No. 1128 of 1986, which had provided for discharge or acquittal of accused whose criminal trials were pending for a prescribed period. The Court held that the relief does not apply where …
The Supreme Court examined whether an arbitrator, appointed without court intervention, could award interest for the period before the reference and for the pendente lite period of the arbitration. It held that an arbitrator is not a court within the meaning of CPC s.34 and therefore cannot award …
