High Court Karnataka High Court

M/S City Finance Corporation … vs Dinakara Shetty on 15 December, 2010

Karnataka High Court
M/S City Finance Corporation … vs Dinakara Shetty on 15 December, 2010
Author: Huluvadi G.Ramesh
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF i{ARNA'fAKA 
BANGALORE  

DATED THIS THE 15"' DAY OF DECEI\g1._B"I¥:'l:{5'~2,(}j..ib 

BEFORE 

THE H0N'3LI?, MRJUSTICE fi«UI;U  _

CRIMINAL APPE;4§L..NO;3(}8 01r 2o0:s%"*  
BETWEEN:  % 
M/s. City Finance  A.  _
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Dinakar'a"'StheEty.VV" _ 

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S/G  Nat':-ayzina'  hgtly,

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Udupi Dis-fj:f_icAt'. ..RESPONDENT

(B)/’ S1′:i”.’K.Cllanefmkzmth Ariga, Adv.)

‘ This Criminal Appea} is fiied Llfiilél’ Section 378(4) of

V ‘ Cr.P.C. praying to asidc: the judgmtsnt and order of ucqL1i{t;1l

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dt.] ]..2.20()8 patssed by the Add]. Civil Jilcige (J1′.Dn.) and
J’MFC.. Ktmdapttra, in C.C.N(>.3i(.)]/()2 — acquitting the

respondsnt/accused for the offence P/U/ S. 1.38 of N

This Criminal Appeal coming on for iie:’.ii’i1’ig:’thiétizly, t.l_1e”

Court delivered the following:

This the –t:’0tt1«;i:]”ziiinartitltiliiaiienging the order
of JMFC, i.””»._VL1n.V(‘.,ii”‘zl?.{w)fiVt1V.t;:£t”iI1. 101/20()2 dated 1 I 022008 in

acquitting t]ie’iat:c_0séd a.nd,disi_n.i–9sing the complaint.

2. A0cc3rdi1t.giitoxthe complainant, it is 21 Finance

Ci_’jfp0tfz.1ti0.ii 1″epi’esen«ted by its partner and the accused had

“bn_r1′<)\{\:/€001' 5*.:{;.a:; of Rs.8(),0()0/– on 10.10.2000 promising to

1–cptty theifiatie with intei-est, but failed to do so and, as on

A19.()9.?,_(i?{)2, the accused was due in at sum of Rs.],2(),0O0/– to

i' the_.tornplaimtnt–firm and on demand, had issued 21 cheque

it ….i11m\/:1 on Cunam Bank, Beejadi Bimtch for Rs.].,2(),0(}()/–

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which. on presentation for encashment, came to be

dishonoured {or insufficient funds. Accordingly, aft’er causing
iegai notice. the eompiaint was fiied for non-payment. Tyhetriai

Court, after eii_qLii_:’y, has dismissed the C(}t]1p§diil1′{–«,..i_’£3_g£ii:;tS”E _

which, the cotnplainaiit is bet’oi’e4_this Co_ui’t.

3. Heard.

4. T.h’Cii””ul:ifi-]._i.C().LlifL_Jh£1ViF1g::Ii5)t€{iwihflt the accused had
borrowed -sutii tit’ orig. E02000 and at the time
of lendiing aiiiitiittiritii’>.c’ompia’iIia’nt had obtained promissory
note and ‘oither do:c.ti:i1;eiiits_:iiizvtiich are not produced before the
Court atoiig witti”tiiieA:Eetl§e»sau’iextract té prove his case and, that
the ;’ti1f17_(_A)U11[ii(.’rf_ARSii,éi0,0O0/- mentioned in the cheque is in

divtife*re;y;tt h.ziiu:£wi9it’i’n*g;”and not written by the accused and.

» :§1i{i]QL’..gh’.ti’1§”fif.I’C[lS€d has admitted his signature on the cheque

.he’_has”-stated .ti1§,’.’f the cheque given as security has been misused

by__the (,’£)l1i]ip_.iLl’iI121l1i, ret’erri.iig to the judgziient of the Apex Court
in ti’1eit_:ase of M.S.Narziyaiia Merton Vs. State of Keraia

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both the panics to ‘1ear.1 additiormi e.v’Eden_g:e._ if need be. Office

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to send back the 1’c:c0rds.

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