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2022 (11) TMI 37 - HC - Indian LawsDishonor of Cheque - legally enforceable debt or not - opportunity was provided to the accused to adduce defence evidence, no defence evidence was adduced - Preponderance of probabilities - HELD THAT:- It is the settled law that in order to execute a decree, the decree must be one capable of execution and the terms thereof shall be sufficient to get the same executed. It is unexceptionable that a court executing a decree cannot go behind the decree; it must take the decree according to its tenor; has no jurisdiction to widen its scope and is required to execute the decree as made - In the case on hand, no final award passed and the prosecution also was not terminated at any point of time. Therefore, it cannot be held that the dispute was settled by passing a final award, having the trappings of a civil court decree under Section 21 of the Legal Services Authorities Act. Therefore, this contention cannot be appreciated. The law is clear on the point that when the complainant discharged the initial burden to prove the transaction led to execution of the cheque, the presumption under Sections 118 and 139 of the N.I Act would come into play. No doubt, these presumptions are rebuttable and it is the duty of the accused to rebut the presumptions and the standard of proof of rebuttal is nothing but preponderance of probabilities - It is the settled law that power of revision available to this Court under Section 401 of Cr.P.C r/w Section 397 is not wide and exhaustive to re-appreciate the evidence to have a contra finding. In this case, the trial court sentenced the accused to pay a fine of Rs.4,00,000/- and in default of payment of fine, six months imprisonment was ordered. Fine was ordered to paid as compensation to the complainant under Section 357(1)(b) of Cr.P.C. - In the appeal, the appellate court modified the sentence by enhancing the fine amount to Rs.5,80,000/-. The concurrent verdicts of conviction as well as sentence imposed by the trial court do not require any interference at the hands of this Court and therefore, the revision must fail - this revision petition fails and it is, accordingly, dismissed.
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