Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi, J., dismissed a revision petition which was filed against the judgment of the trial and the appellate court by the petitioner holding him guilty of the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.
According to the complainant, the accused had borrowed an amount of Rs 2,50,000 from the complainant promising that he would repay the amount within three months which he failed to repay later the accused issued a cheque dated 17-08-2011 for Rs 2,50,000 to the complainant in discharge of the liability, the complainant presented the cheque in the bank but it was returned unpaid for the reason that there was no sufficient amount in the account of the accused further the complainant sent notice to the accused demanding payment of the amount of the cheque, the accused received the notice and replied to the complainant raising false contentions and did not pay the amount of the cheque. The accused contended that he was the manager of the petrol pump conducted by his brother-in-law and the complainant was the watchman in that petrol pump and that he had kept a signed blank cheque in the petrol pump and the complainant committed theft of the cheque and misused it and filed the case although no evidence was presented by the accessed to support his contentions.
The Court while dismissing the petition held that the courts above have properly analyzed the evidence in the case and come to the right conclusion. [T. Sunilkumar v. State of Kerela, 2020 SCC OnLine Ker 201, decided on 17-01-2020]