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2022 (6) TMI 1034 - HC - Indian LawsDishonor of Cheque - insufficient funds - proclaimed offender - Section 31(2) of the Partnership Act - HELD THAT:- This Court is of the view that when a complaint is filed under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, primarily the cause of action arises from the issuance and dishonour of the cheque which may be issued by one party to the other party to discharge the liability which it owes to the other party. The issue of the liability if any existing, in lieu whereof the cheque has been issued, is a triable issue which the learned Trial Court decides during the course of the trial. In the present case, though there is no dispute that the petitioners were inducted as partners of the firm on 10th February, 2011, but fact of the matter remains that the cheque, dishonour of which has led to filing of the complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act bears the date 15th March, 2013, i.e. after the induction of the petitioners as partners of the partnership firm. This Court is of the considered view that the provisions of Section 31(2) of the Partnership Act which provide that a person who is introduced as a partner into a firm does not thereby become liable for any act of the firm done before he became a partner do not come to the rescue of the petitioners for the purpose of quashing of the complaint under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure because herein the act which led to the filing of complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act is issuance and dishonour of the cheque which bears the date 15th March, 2013, i.e. post the date on induction of the present petitioners as partners of the partnership firm - This Court is refraining from making any observation with regard to contention of the petitioner that liability for which the cheque was issued was relatable to the period prior to the induction of the petitioners as partners of the firm because this is an issue which has to be decided by the learned Trial Court. This petition is dismissed.
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