TMI Blog2009 (4) TMI 1048X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d the appellant of the charge under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, [for short `the Act']. On appeal by the complainant, the High Court set aside the order of acquittal, convicted the appellant and sentenced him to undergo imprisonment till the rising of the Court and directed to pay the sum of rupees one lakh twenty thousand to the complainant; in default, to undergo furt ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e for insufficiency, etc., of funds in the accounts of the person who draws the cheque and lays down that such person shall be deemed to have committed an offence and shall, without prejudice to any other provisions of this Act, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may be extended to two years, or with fine which may extend to twice the amount of the cheque, or with both. Proviso to Sect ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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