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Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Varghese Paul vs Sathiyan on 5 February, 2007<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCRL A No. 1700 of 2003()\n\n\n1. VARGHESE PAUL,AGED 42 YEARS,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. SATHIYAN,S\/O.PONNU SWAMY,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. STATE OF KERALA,REP.BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.V.K.GOPALAKRISHNA PILLAI\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.C.D.JOHNY\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice V.RAMKUMAR\n\n Dated :05\/02\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n                                V. RAMKUMAR, J.\n\n                     * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *\n\n                        Crl. Appeal No. 1700 of 2003\n\n                     * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *\n\n               Dated, this the 5th  day of   February 2007\n\n\n                                     JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
       The accused in   C.C. No. 701 of 2000  on the file of J.F.C.M. –\n<\/p>\n
II,  Aluva for an offence   punishable   under Sec. 138 of the Negotiable<\/p>\n
Instruments   Act,   1881   (hereinafter   referred   to   as   “The   Act”   for   short)<\/p>\n
challenges   the   conviction   entered   and   the     sentence   passed   against   him<\/p>\n
by the said court for the said offence.\n<\/p>\n
       2.     The   above   case   arose   out   of   a   private     complaint   filed   by<\/p>\n
the first respondent herein to the following effect:-\n<\/p>\n
       On   20-11-2989   the   accused   borrowed   a   sum   of   Rs.   60,000\/-   from<\/p>\n
the   complainant     agreeing   to  re-pay   the   said   amount   within   two   months.\n<\/p>\n
On repeated demands  for the amount the accused issued Ext.P1 cheque<\/p>\n
dated   10-4-2000   drawn   on   the   Kalamassery   Branch   of   the   Federal   Bank.\n<\/p>\n
When the cheque was presented  for collection the same was dishonoured<\/p>\n
for want of  sufficient funds in the account of the accused  A  statutory<\/p>\n
notice   was  issued     to  the   accused   calling   upon   him   to  pay  the   amount<\/p>\n
Crl. Appeal No. 1700 of 2003                -:2:-<\/span><\/p>\n
due     under   the   cheque.         Even   though   the   accused   received     the<\/p>\n
notice on 15-5-2000, he neither paid the amount nor sent a reply.   The<\/p>\n
accused   has   thereby   committed   an   offence   punishable   under   Sec.  138   of<\/p>\n
the Negotiable Instruments Act.\n<\/p>\n
       3.      On   the   accused   pleading   not   guilty   to   the   substance   of<\/p>\n
accusation     read   over     and   explained     to     him,   the   complainant   was<\/p>\n
called upon to adduce evidence in support of his case.  The complainant<\/p>\n
examined   himself   as   P.W.1   and   got   marked   7   documents   as   Exts.P1   to<\/p>\n
P7.\n<\/p>\n
       4.      After the close of the  prosecution evidence the accused was<\/p>\n
questioned   under   Sec.   313   (1)(b)   Cr.P.C.   with   regard   to   the   incriminating<\/p>\n
circumstances   appearing   against   him   in   the   evidence   for   the   prosecution.\n<\/p>\n
He   denied   those   circumstances   and   maintained   his   innocence.     He<\/p>\n
stated  that  Ext.P1 cheque was issued as a security when he auctioned<\/p>\n
the chitty conducted by the complainant, that the entire   chitty instalments<\/p>\n
had   been     repaid  by  him    and   that   the  complainant  evaded   all   earnest<\/p>\n
attempts made by the accused to get back the cheque.   To substantiate<\/p>\n
Crl. Appeal No. 1700 of 2003                -:3:-<\/span><\/p>\n
the   said   defence   the   accused   examined   himself   as   D.W.1   and   he   also<\/p>\n
examined  an independent witness as D.W.2.\n<\/p>\n
       5.        The     learned   magistrate,   after   trial,   as   per   judgment   dated<\/p>\n
17-2-2003   acquitted   the   first   accused   after   holding   that   Ext.P1       cheque<\/p>\n
was not  issued   in  discharge     of a     debt  or  liability  but  was  issued  by<\/p>\n
way of security.  It is the said judgment which is assailed in this appeal<\/p>\n
by the complainant after obtaining leave to file the same.\n<\/p>\n
       6.      The only point which arises for consideration is as to whether<\/p>\n
the   appellant\/complainant   has                succeeded   in   proving   that   the<\/p>\n
respondent\/accused has committed an offence punishable under Section 138<\/p>\n
of the Act.\n<\/p>\n
       THE POINT:\n<\/p>\n
       7.      I heard the learned counsel for the appellant and the learned<\/p>\n
counsel for the respondent.\n<\/p>\n
       8.      Assailing   the   judgment   under   appeal,   the   appellant’s   counsel<\/p>\n
made the following submissions before me :-\n<\/p>\n
       The complainant examined as P{.W.1 has admitted that he was not<\/p>\n
Crl. Appeal No. 1700 of 2003                -:4:-<\/span><\/p>\n
in the habit of   insisting on security while any chitty subscriber auctioned<\/p>\n
the   chitty.     If   the   accused   had   repaid   all   the   instalments,   then   as   a<\/p>\n
reasonable and prudent man he  would have taken the cheque back from<\/p>\n
the   complainant.     The   explanation   offered   by   the   accused   for   not   taking<\/p>\n
back the cheque   is not at all convincing.     According   to the accused<\/p>\n
examined  as D.W.1, P.W.1 the complainant told him that the cheque was<\/p>\n
misplaced when the office was shifted.  But  D.W.2 would say that P.W.1<\/p>\n
told   the   accused   that   the   cheque     was   with   his   legal   adviser.     D.W.2<\/p>\n
was not   present when accused went to   P.W.1   to collect the amount.\n<\/p>\n
It  is   unlikely   that   the   accused   would   have   subsequently   handed   over     a<\/p>\n
blank   cheque   to   P.W.1   as     contended   by   him.     If  as   a   matter   of   fact<\/p>\n
Ext.P1   cheque   was   issued   as   a   security   for   the   due   payment   of   the<\/p>\n
instalments,   the   collection   of   the   amount     and   the   handing   over   of   the<\/p>\n
security   would   have   been   a   simultaneous   transaction.         DWs  1   and   2<\/p>\n
have   not   rebutted   the   presumption   under   Sec.   139   of   the   Act.     D.W.1<\/p>\n
has  been  giving different stories on all the three   occasions when he<\/p>\n
allegedly   approached     P.W.1   for   return   of   the   cheque.     D.W.2   does   not<\/p>\n
Crl. Appeal No. 1700 of 2003                 -:5:-<\/span><\/p>\n
corroborate D.W.1.\n<\/p>\n
       9.      I  am  afraid   that  I  cannot   agree   with  the   above   submissions.\n<\/p>\n
Even   though   P.W.1   would     say   from   the   witness   box   that   it   was   a<\/p>\n
personal  loan,   in the complaint he has described himself   as a partner<\/p>\n
of the kuri firm.  Even P.W.1  confessed during his cross-examination that<\/p>\n
the   accused   was   having   transaction   with   the   firm   only.     P.W.1   also<\/p>\n
admitted   that   some   subscribers   used   to   bring   their   cheque   books   and<\/p>\n
issued     cheques     while  auctioning   the  chitty.    The    evidence  on   record<\/p>\n
is   to   the   effect   that   accused   handed   over   the   cheque   at   the   time   of<\/p>\n
auctioning   the     chitty.     Thereafter,   he   remitted   the   entire       amount.\n<\/p>\n
When the accused demanded the  cheque  back P.W.1 told him that the<\/p>\n
cheque  was misplaced in his office.   The accused     has   also credibly<\/p>\n
stated   that   on   receipt   of   the   statutory   notice   when   he   met   P.W.1     the<\/p>\n
latter   told   him   that   it   was   sent   by     mistake   and   that   no   action   would<\/p>\n
be taken pursuant to it.   P.W. 1 has also admitted that the signature in<\/p>\n
Ext.P1 cheque is of a particular ink   and the other writings including the<\/p>\n
date   therein   are   in   different   ink.     This   also   probabilises   the   defence<\/p>\n
Crl. Appeal No. 1700 of 2003                 -:6:-<\/span><\/p>\n
version   that   at   the   time   of   auctioning   the     chitty,   P.W.1   took   from   the<\/p>\n
accused   a blank cheque by way of security.   Apart from suggesting  to<\/p>\n
P.W.1 the above defence,  the accused stepped into the witness box and<\/p>\n
examined himself as D.W.1 to substantiate his  version. He also examined<\/p>\n
D.W.2   who   has   given     corroboration   to   the   case   of   the   accused.     The<\/p>\n
trial   Magistrate   who   had   the   unique   advantage   of   seeing   the   witnesses<\/p>\n
and   assessing   their   credibility   was   not   inclined   to   accept   the   version   of<\/p>\n
the complainant examined as P.W.1.  The learned Magistrate fully believed<\/p>\n
the testimony of DWs 1 and 2.       In the absence   of any infirmity in<\/p>\n
the  appreciation of evidence by the trial court this court sitting in appeal<\/p>\n
will be loath to take a different view.  (Vide.State of Kerala v. Cheriyan<\/a> –\n<\/p>\n
1997 (2) KLT 196; Shivaji v. State  of Maharashtra – AIR 1973 SC 2622<\/p>\n
and   Madhusudan   Das   v.   Narayani   Bai<\/a>   –   AIR   1983   S.C.   113).).    The<\/p>\n
accused   has   thus   rebutted   the   presumption     under   Sec.   139   of   the<\/p>\n
Act.        The   finding   recorded  by  the trial   court  that the  prosecution  has<\/p>\n
not succeeded   in proving beyond reasonable   doubt that the he cheque<\/p>\n
was issued by the accused to the complainant in discharge of an amount<\/p>\n
Crl. Appeal No. 1700 of 2003                 -:7:-<\/span><\/p>\n
legally     due   to   him   is,   on   the   evidence,     perfectly   justified.     I   fully<\/p>\n
endorse the conclusion  reached by the Magistrate.\n<\/p>\n
        The   result   of   the   forgoing       discussion     is   that     this   appeal   is<\/p>\n
without merit  and is accordingly dismissed confirming the judgment passed<\/p>\n
by   the   trial   court  acquitting   the   accused   of   the   offence   punishable   under<\/p>\n
Sec. 138 of the Act.\n<\/p>\n
                                                               V. RAMKUMAR,<\/p>\n
                                                                    (JUDGE)<\/p>\n
ani.\n<\/p>\n
Crl. Appeal No. 1700 of 2003    -:8:-<\/span><\/p>\n
                                                    V. RAMKUMAR, J.\n<\/p>\n
                                * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<\/p>\n
                                         Crl. Appeal No. 1700 of 2003<\/p>\n
                                * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<\/p>\n
                                                      Dated, this the<\/p>\n
                                                        day of   2006<\/p>\n
                                                          JUDGMENT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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