{"id":202092,"date":"2010-08-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/p-shivashankrappa-vs-a-manjappa-on-17-august-2010"},"modified":"2017-09-06T21:30:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T16:00:37","slug":"p-shivashankrappa-vs-a-manjappa-on-17-august-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/p-shivashankrappa-vs-a-manjappa-on-17-august-2010","title":{"rendered":"P Shivashankrappa vs A Manjappa on 17 August, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">P Shivashankrappa vs A Manjappa on 17 August, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Huluvadi G.Ramesh<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT \n\nBANGALORE\nDATED THIS THE 17'\" DAY OF AUGUS'1f\"2\u00a3i)'1V\u00a3i)i'._i__::if A \nBEFORE  H H E\n\nTHE HON'BLE MRJUSTICE \n\nCRIMINAL APPEA1__;NO.397   \n\nBETWEEN:\n\nRshivashankrappa,\n\nS\/OMa11urappa,    A\n\nAged about 52 3\/eays;-.\nOcc:Agricu1tui?e,  ._ . . \nR\/O Masur I?\"OOac;'O.,\"~.  b   \nShikaripurg.  .  ' 19'\n\n(By sr{;J,M.Anii1i'1:;a:\u00a7\u00a7ar.i'Aiim ~ ?\n\nAND:\n\nAss. A.bAanja.ppa,  AAAAA \nA is\u00ab,*oshivaj\u00abiRao,\n _ Aged' abquit .5'2._ye--ars,\n Vathara,\n\nKuyabara Voigi;\nI-Ianaga Taiuk,\n\nii ' T\" V .  ' Haveri District.\n\nA   i--..(Vii~3r \u00a7ri.G.S.Ba1agangadhar, Adv.)\n\nAAPPELIJANT\n\n..RESPONDENT<\/pre>\n<p>This Criminal Appeal is filed under Section 378(4) of<br \/>\nCr.P.C. praying to set aside the judgment in Cr1.A.NO.48\/O6<br \/>\nA\/&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;7<\/p>\n<p>dt.l6.1.07 passed by the S.;l., FTC., Shimoga and consequently<br \/>\nconfirm the judgment in C.C.No.360\/04 passed by&#8221;&#8212;.the<br \/>\nC.J.(}r.Dn.) and ;ll\\\/IFC., at Shikaripura.  _  <\/p>\n<p>This Criminal Appeal coming on for adrni.ssiori idav,&#8217;   C <\/p>\n<p>the Court delivered the following:\n<\/p>\n<p>,1UDGMEN&#8217;lr__ if if<\/p>\n<p>The matter is taken up  dispo.sal&#8211;  stage of if<\/p>\n<p>admission itself, to consider.. iherpames&#8217;;&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>2.   filedi  Vjmfrigment passed by the<br \/>\nSessions   Sliirnoga, in Crl.A.No.48\/06<br \/>\ndated   the order passed by the Civil<br \/>\njudge (wit; &amp;  $:h&#8217;ilraripura in C.C.No.360\/04.<\/p>\n<p> V   r.   Court has convicted the accused&#8211;respondent<\/p>\n<p>forjthe  punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable<\/p>\n<p> Aplzistrtiiaments Act. In the appeal preferred before the Fast Track<\/p>\n<p>if  Shimoga, it has reversed the finding of the trial Court.<\/p>\n<p> &#8221; V-&#8220;Hence, this appeal.\n<\/p>\n<p>9\/<\/p>\n<p>at<\/p>\n<p>4. A complaint has been filed by the appellant herein<\/p>\n<p>against the respondent before the }MFC, Shikaripura,&#8221;wwh:ic.h<\/p>\n<p>came to be registered in C.C.No.360\/04, whereing::the.ilearneid&#8221; &#8216;<\/p>\n<p>Magistrate, after enquiry, has conv\u00a7.cted&#8221;the &#8216;..acc11se&#8217;d_ forftheg<\/p>\n<p>offence punishable under Section  <\/p>\n<p>instrument Act by order dated by  of<br \/>\nRs.3,000\/~ and also to   to the<br \/>\ncomplainant. Inthe    Court, the<br \/>\naccused has.    has borrowed<br \/>\nRS.75,0lQQ[\ufb01TEi{1:C:i&#8221;  iiniiithat regard. iie has<br \/>\nspecifically   borrowed a sum of Rs.10,000\/&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>from  &#8216;Corporation during i996-97 of<\/p>\n<p>    com.pla&#8217;inant..is one of the partner. At that time, he<\/p>\n<p>  had  as a collateral security for repayment of the<\/p>\n<p>laon, but ai\ufb01erdrepayment, the cheque at Ex.P1 was not returned<\/p>\n<p> by the finance company. It is his defense that by misusing the<\/p>\n<p> ,.,said_if.cheque, the complainant being one of the Partners, has<\/p>\n<p>A    filed the complaint against the accused under Section 138 of the<\/p>\n<p>Negotiable Instruments Act.\n<\/p>\n<p>W<\/p>\n<p>5. Heard.\n<\/p>\n<p>6. it is the submission of the learned Cot1&#8217;nsei..fori&#8221; 9&#8242;<\/p>\n<p>appellant-complainant that, if at al1,the&#8217;che_qtte  &#8216;been&#8217;~~,<\/p>\n<p>returned by the Finance Corporationat the relevant\u00bb,<\/p>\n<p>time, there was no irnpedimenvtiddor the &#8220;&#8216;acc&#8217;used &#8216;to &#8220;file a<br \/>\ncomplaint against the co&#8217;rnpany,.&#8217;_xinstevad,_ &#8216;kept quiet, but after<br \/>\nhaving borrowed aloan oAf..R.s,75,(.lQO\/&#8211; frond:the&#8217;w&#8221;cornplainant, is<br \/>\ntaking a different  to&#8221;disio_yvn_t.h\u00a2_ 1&#8217;iab1li&#8217;t&#8217;y.<br \/>\n7&#8242;,v.,Per4contraf&#8217;,&#8221;-itisthesnbntission of the learned Counsel<\/p>\n<p>for the resp&#8217;on_devnt&#8211;xaccused.&#8217;that the alleged cheque is of the year<\/p>\n<p> eyenddurin.g.\u00abApril l996)a fresh cheque book was<\/p>\n<p>ai;r;sn~.em&lt;&quot;\/<\/p>\n<p> ,_d_is&#039;sned,.  lap-pellant by the accused after almanac of the<\/p>\n<p>   the book pertaining to EXP}, which makes it<\/p>\n<p>i&quot;**.__V&quot;&#039;\u00bbclear that*EX.Pl was issued in the year 1995-96 and in the said<\/p>\n<p>  &#8211;.yea:&#8217;.&#8217;..only the appellant had taken loan from Lakshrnj Finance<\/p>\n<p> _,_corporation and that) at no point of time, the accused has<\/p>\n<p>borrowed the loan of Rs.75,000\/&#8211; from the complainant nor<\/p>\n<p>XV<\/p>\n<p>issued a cheque. He has also tried to demonstrate that the<\/p>\n<p>complainant has not pleaded his ignorance being one of the<\/p>\n<p>Partners of Lakshmi Finance Corporation, regarding  of<\/p>\n<p>cheque by the accused as a collateral security. It is 1 V&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ok<\/p>\n<p>that EX.Pl was not given towards nhe;lieg&#8217;aiE.yg_ e.nforceable: debt},<\/p>\n<p>rather, it has been given to Lakshmi F&#8217;inanr:e Corporation &#8216;as-~a&#8217;~<\/p>\n<p>security, of which the complainanti&#8217;b:ein.g one&#8221;ofPai&#8217;tners has<br \/>\nmisused the same, as is  ii_.ss,i_ie&#8211;d_ on 1.32004 and<\/p>\n<p>presented to the bank.\n<\/p>\n<p>81;,Howe.vei1&#8242;,&#8217;:&#8217;:t~he .,lle&#8217;arn&#8221;e&#8217;;d&#8217;Clousnei for the appellant has<\/p>\n<p>submitted thatlthe ac_cus_e&#8217;d,has never given a complaint against<\/p>\n<p>-&#8216;W,_thefinance.__Corpora.tion for having not returned the cheque<\/p>\n<p> _lis&#8217;sue&#8217;d,by after clearance of the loan and  &lt; that even to<\/p>\n<p>the legal issued, no reply has been sent by the accused.<\/p>\n<p>     In the case on hand, the accused, except taking the<\/p>\n<p>  ~~contention that the cheque was not issued for having borrowed<\/p>\n<p>the loan from the complainant, he had not specifically denied<\/p>\n<p>WM<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">6<\/span><br \/>\nthe fact of giving a cheque as a security to the loan availed from<\/p>\n<p>Mfs.Lakshrni Finance Corporation and the probable expianation<\/p>\n<p>given by the accused is that, the cheque obtained by the Fin&#8221;a.nce<\/p>\n<p>Corporation as a security\/ was not returned back after..re_pay_n~1ent&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>of ioan and the cheque is of the year 1996 and the..ot:heri  <\/p>\n<p>bearing previous and &#8216;subsequent i1_un1b.ers1 of &#8220;E.x=..P&#8217;ivt&#8221;vwerea.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>honoured in the year 1996 oniyf &#8220;?he said &#8216;fact  <\/p>\n<p>case of the accused that the chequ_e_:n:1,1st..have.been given to the<br \/>\nFinance Corporation as a&#8221;&#8216;&#8211;svect1rit_y;go}f&#8217;which, the complainant<\/p>\n<p>being the Partneriof.the{Finan\u00a7:eCorporatiotiq ci.ai.ms that the<\/p>\n<p>transaction is of tiiejyear 2003-U4&#8217;. When &amp; probable answer<\/p>\n<p>has been \u00a71v.en.bv.the._&#8217;ac.ci1sed and also when there is no<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8221;~..Vspec&#8217;ijf3ic Edeniqai bv&#8221;the&#8230;compiainant as to the issuance of the<\/p>\n<p> _chcq_ue_ as security to the Finance Corporation, the version of<\/p>\n<p>the .__4cotnpI.a&#8217;1nant has not been &#8216;accepted in View of the<\/p>\n<p> &#8216;  &#8216;-\u00bbpreponderance of probabilities that the transaction wouid not be<\/p>\n<p> _Caeces_s&#8217;ariiy there between the parties and that the cheque must-<\/p>\n<p>  ~h&#8211;a:ve been misused by the complainant and has been presented.<\/p>\n<p>XXV&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, the lower appellate Court has reversed the \ufb01nding<\/p>\n<p>of the trial Court.\n<\/p>\n<p>10. The trial Court, referring&#8221;ito&#8221;&#8216;Sectiion_:.iliLi9_ of-.theT_p<\/p>\n<p>Negotiable Instruments Act, has drat;;{ni&#8221;the pre_2\u00a7ufrtptioai&#8217;in&#8221;~<\/p>\n<p>favour of the complainant, noting&#8221;s&#8217;tliat thereis   the<br \/>\nsignature of the accused  accordingly, held<br \/>\nhim guilty of the o_ffence.,._   regard to the<br \/>\nprobable   appellate Court<br \/>\nhas  &#8216;: stating that the actual<br \/>\ntransaction  the complainant and the<\/p>\n<p>accused. &#8216;ili&#8217;heV:*e.,isl  find fault with the case of the<\/p>\n<p> &#8216;~   ._:Ap.pea1 taus.t &#8230;. .. n<\/p>\n<p>it  ll, appeal is dismissed<\/p>\n<p>Bkp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court P Shivashankrappa vs A Manjappa on 17 August, 2010 Author: Huluvadi G.Ramesh IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE DATED THIS THE 17&#8242;&#8221; DAY OF AUGUS&#8217;1f&#8221;2\u00a3i)&#8217;1V\u00a3i)i&#8217;._i__::if A BEFORE H H E THE HON&#8217;BLE MRJUSTICE CRIMINAL APPEA1__;NO.397 BETWEEN: Rshivashankrappa, S\/OMa11urappa, A Aged about 52 3\/eays;-. 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