Supreme Court of India

Raj Kumar Khurana v. State of (nct of Delhi) & Anr.

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Reported as [2009] 7 S.C.R. 434
Bench S.B. Sinha and Dr. Mukundakam Sharma JJ.
Decided 5 May 2009
Status Distinguished

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the complaint petition does not disclose an offence punishable under Section 138 of the Act.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881: " s. 138 - Refusal of bank to honour the cheque on the c ground that it was reported lost by the drawer would not attract the penal provisions contained in section 138 of the Act - lntprpretation of Statues - Legal fiction. The question which arose for consideration in the present appeal was whether the return of a cheque by the bank on the ground that it was reported lost by the drawer would attract the penal provisions contained in section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD:1.1. bare perusal of section 138 of

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Of those, 1 distinguished · 1 referred to

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