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Dashrath Rupsingh Rathod v. State of Maharashtra & Anr.

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Reported as [2014] 11 S.C.R. 921
Bench T.S. Thakur, Vikramajit Sen and C. Nagappan JJ.
Decided 1 August 2014

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons it must be held that a cheque can be presented 0 any number of times during the period of its validity.

Judgment, page 55

From the headnote

Jurisdiction: • .. --- Territorial jurisdiction - Of criminal complaint filed under Chapter XVII of Negotiable Instruments Act - Held: General rule stipulated u/s. 177 Cr.P. . applies to case uls. 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act - Thus, the place or situs where c the complaint uls. 138 is to be filed, cannot be of the choice 0 of the complainant - The territorial jurisdiction is restricted to the Court within whose local jurisdiction the offence was committed i.e. where the cheque is dishonored by the Bank on which it is drawn- The place of issuance or delivery of the statutory notice or

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 4 relied on · 3 referred to · 7 mentioned

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