{"id":11658,"date":"2008-07-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-30T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-r-venugopal-vs-m-k-muraleedharan-on-31-july-2008"},"modified":"2018-02-05T22:01:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T16:31:04","slug":"n-r-venugopal-vs-m-k-muraleedharan-on-31-july-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-r-venugopal-vs-m-k-muraleedharan-on-31-july-2008","title":{"rendered":"N.R.Venugopal vs M.K.Muraleedharan on 31 July, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
N.R.Venugopal vs M.K.Muraleedharan on 31 July, 2008<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCRL.A.No. 157 of 2000()\n\n\n\n1. N.R.VENUGOPAL\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n1. M.K.MURALEEDHARAN\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.M.V.BOSE\n\n                For Respondent  :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice A.K.BASHEER\n\n Dated :31\/07\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                              A.K.BASHEER, J.\n            - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n                         Crl.A. No. 157 OF 2000\n            - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n                 Dated this the 31st day of July 2008\n\n                                  JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
      This appeal is at the instance of the complainant in a<\/p>\n
prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act.<\/p>\n
He impugns the order of acquittal passed by the trial court. The<\/p>\n
learned Magistrate, while acquitting respondent No.1\/accused, held<\/p>\n
that the appellant had failed to prove that Ext.P1 cheque was issued<\/p>\n
by the accused in discharge of a legally enforceable debt or liability.<\/p>\n
      2. The case of the complainant in brief was that the accused<\/p>\n
had borrowed a sum of Rs.36,500\/- from him on March 28, 1995,<\/p>\n
promising to repay it very soon. But the accused repaid only<\/p>\n
Rs.4,000\/-in two instalments. When the complainant demanded for<\/p>\n
payment of the balance sum, the accused refused to do so.<\/p>\n
Therefore the complainant had lodged Ext.P7 complaint before the<\/p>\n
Circle Inspector of Police, Kunnamkulam requesting for his<\/p>\n
intervention and appropriate action in the matter.                      Ultimately, the<\/p>\n
accused agreed to pay off the liability and issued Ext.P1 cheque<\/p>\n
dated July 1, 1996 for Rs.32,000\/-.                 But when the cheque was<\/p>\n
presented for encashment, it was dishonoured due to insufficiency of<\/p>\n
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funds in the account of the accused. The liability was not discharged<\/p>\n
by the accused in spite of issuance of statutory demand notice.<\/p>\n
      3. The complainant was examined in the case as PW1 and<\/p>\n
Exts.P1 to P7 were marked on his side.         There was no oral or<\/p>\n
documentary on the side of the accused.\n<\/p>\n
      4. The defence set up by the accused, as discernible from the<\/p>\n
cross examination of the complainant and answers given by him<\/p>\n
when questioned under Section 313 of the Cr.P.C, appears to be a<\/p>\n
total denial of any liability. Accused contended that Ext.P1 cheque<\/p>\n
was obtained by the complainant by coercion and threat exerted by<\/p>\n
the police.\n<\/p>\n
      5. The complainant himself admitted that he had sought<\/p>\n
intervention of the police. Ext.P7 produced by the complainant was<\/p>\n
the copy of the complaint preferred by him before the Circle Inspector<\/p>\n
of police, Kunnamkulam.        In cross examination, PW1 admitted<\/p>\n
unambiguously that the Assistant Sub Inspector of Police had<\/p>\n
mediated and it was as a result of such mediation that the accused<\/p>\n
had agreed to pay Rs.32,000\/-. But according to the complainant,<\/p>\n
accused had handed over Ext.P1 cheque dated July 18, 1996 at his<\/p>\n
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office on July 1, 1996. No corroborative evidence was adduced by<\/p>\n
the complainant in this regard. There was only the ipsi dixit of the<\/p>\n
complainant on this aspect. PW1 had also admitted that he had not<\/p>\n
obtained any receipt from the accused at the time when the money<\/p>\n
was lent by him to the accused. According to the complainant he<\/p>\n
was working in the office of a Tourist Bus Operator. His specific<\/p>\n
case was that the accused was a stage carriage operator. He had<\/p>\n
borrowed money from the complainant stating that he wanted to remit<\/p>\n
the monthly instalment to the financier towards the loan availed of by<\/p>\n
him for the bus. The complainant had further alleged that when he<\/p>\n
asked for return of money from the accused, his response was that<\/p>\n
he could recover it whichever way he wanted. The said response<\/p>\n
clearly indicates that there was dispute with regard to the alleged<\/p>\n
debt or liability.  This was probabilised by the fact that the<\/p>\n
complainant had approached the police for recovery of the alleged<\/p>\n
debt. The police had admittedly intervened. Therefore the learned<\/p>\n
Magistrate took the view that the case of the accused that Ext.P1<\/p>\n
cheque was obtained from him by the police exerting pressure and<\/p>\n
coercion was probable. Having carefully perused the deposition of<\/p>\n
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\n                                  -:4:-<\/span><\/p>\n
PW1 and Ext.P7 and other relevant materials in this regard, I do not<\/p>\n
find any reason to take a different view, especially, since this is an<\/p>\n
appeal against an order of acquittal. It is trite that interference with<\/p>\n
an order of acquittal cannot be done as a matter of course, even if a<\/p>\n
second view is possible. The Court must be circumspect in adopting<\/p>\n
the other view, unless there are compelling circumstances and<\/p>\n
clinging materials in support of the other possible alternate view.<\/p>\n
      6. There was yet another reason which persuaded the<\/p>\n
Magistrate to acquit the accused. It was admitted by the complainant<\/p>\n
himself that Ext.P1 cheque was issued in the name of Mr.Venu. The<\/p>\n
complainant stated that he had corrected the name in the cheque as<\/p>\n
`Venugopal’ as insisted by the bank officials, when it was presented<\/p>\n
for encashment since the account was opened by the accused in the<\/p>\n
name of Venugopal. The learned Magistrate relying on a decision of<\/p>\n
their Lordship of Supreme Court in Anirudhan v. Thomco’s Bank<\/a><\/p>\n
[AIR 1963 SC 746] held that the alteration, which was admittedly<\/p>\n
made by a complainant being a unilateral act, it would not be binding<\/p>\n
on the accused and therefore Section 87 of the Act would be<\/p>\n
attracted.\n<\/p>\n
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      7. It may be noticed that the case of the complainant was that<\/p>\n
he had made the alteration as insisted by the bank officials without<\/p>\n
the knowledge or consent of the accused. Therefore going by the<\/p>\n
provisions contained in Section 87 of the Act, the instrument was<\/p>\n
rendered void as against the accused, who was a party to the said<\/p>\n
instrument. It is true that the complainant had contended that he had<\/p>\n
approached the accused requesting him to correct his name in the<\/p>\n
cheque, but since the accused did not concede to the request, he<\/p>\n
had himself carried out the alteration. This explanation will not save<\/p>\n
the complainant from the impact of the provisions contained in<\/p>\n
Section 87 of the Act.\n<\/p>\n
      Having regard to the entire facts and circumstances, I am<\/p>\n
satisfied that the view taken by the learned Magistrate was quite<\/p>\n
reasonable and justifiable.      Therefore the finding entered by the<\/p>\n
learned Magistrate does not call for interference.        The appeal<\/p>\n
therefore fails. It is accordingly dismissed.<\/p>\n
                                             (A.K.BASHEER, JUDGE)
\nttb<\/p>\n
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Kerala High Court N.R.Venugopal vs M.K.Muraleedharan on 31 July, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM CRL.A.No. 157 of 2000() 1. N.R.VENUGOPAL … Petitioner Vs 1. M.K.MURALEEDHARAN … Respondent For Petitioner :SRI.M.V.BOSE For Respondent :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Hon’ble MR. Justice A.K.BASHEER Dated :31\/07\/2008 O R D E R A.K.BASHEER, J. – – – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nN.R.Venugopal vs M.K.Muraleedharan on 31 July, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-r-venugopal-vs-m-k-muraleedharan-on-31-july-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"N.R.Venugopal vs M.K.Muraleedharan on 31 July, 2008 - 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