{"id":226033,"date":"2009-08-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-bhaskaran-nair-vs-noorjahan-on-21-august-2009"},"modified":"2015-08-12T14:04:44","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T08:34:44","slug":"n-bhaskaran-nair-vs-noorjahan-on-21-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-bhaskaran-nair-vs-noorjahan-on-21-august-2009","title":{"rendered":"N.Bhaskaran Nair vs Noorjahan on 21 August, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">N.Bhaskaran Nair vs Noorjahan on 21 August, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCRL.A.No. 682 of 2003()\n\n\n1. N.BHASKARAN NAIR, BHAGERATHAN,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. NOORJAHAN W\/O. PEERU MOHAMMED,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.BIJU KURIAKOSE\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.B.SATHIQ\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice M.N.KRISHNAN\n\n Dated :21\/08\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                       M.N. KRISHNAN, J.\n                = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =\n                Crl. Appeal NO. 682       OF 2003\n                = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =\n         Dated this the 21st day of August, 2009.\n\n                        J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>     This appeal is preferred against the order of acquittal<\/p>\n<p>passed       by    the   Judicial  First   Class   Magistrate-I,<\/p>\n<p>Thiruvananthapuram in C.C.401\/98. It was a case u\/s 138 of<\/p>\n<p>the Negotiable Instruments Act.        It is the case of the<\/p>\n<p>complainant that the accused had borrowed a sum of<\/p>\n<p>Rs.80,000\/- and towards the discharge of the liability had<\/p>\n<p>issued a cheque which when presented for encashment<\/p>\n<p>returned with the endorsement of payment stopped.              A<\/p>\n<p>statutory notice was issued and it is returned as &#8216;unclaimed&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Thereafter prosecution has been launched.<\/p>\n<p>     2.    It is the case of the defence that no proper notice<\/p>\n<p>has been issued and therefore an action will not lie.       The<\/p>\n<p>learned trial judge after a consideration of the entire materials<\/p>\n<p>found that it has not been properly addressed and therefore<\/p>\n<p>held that the statutory mandate u\/s 138 of the Negotiable<\/p>\n<p>Crl. Appeal NO. 682    OF 2003<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                             -:2:-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Instruments Act has not been complied with. It is against that<\/p>\n<p>decision the complainant has come up in appeal. I did not<\/p>\n<p>have the assistance of both the lawyers and therefore I had<\/p>\n<p>perused the documents, evidence and the judgment and<\/p>\n<p>proceed to dispose of the matter.     It is the case of the<\/p>\n<p>complainant that the accused had borrowed a sum of<\/p>\n<p>Rs.80,000\/- and towards the discharge of the liability had<\/p>\n<p>issued the cheque.\n<\/p>\n<p>     3.   Now the point on which the court below has<\/p>\n<p>acquitted the accused is that no notice had been sent. The<\/p>\n<p>notice had been addressed to one Smt. Noorjahan w\/o Peeru<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed T.C.49\/423-2 and PRR 122 Kameleswaram,<\/p>\n<p>Thiruvananthapuram. The husband of the accused as DW1<\/p>\n<p>would contend that it is not the proper address.      He had<\/p>\n<p>deposed before court that house No. is T.C.49\/328 and his<\/p>\n<p>name is Shahul Hameed and not Peeru Mohammed.         On the<\/p>\n<p>contra it is submitted that the Residrent&#8217;s Association had<\/p>\n<p>given a number to the house therein and that No. is PRA 122.<\/p>\n<p>Crl. Appeal NO. 682     OF 2003<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                              -:3:-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>     4.    The question of law that arise for determination is<\/p>\n<p>regarding the sufficiency of notice.   The Hon&#8217;bel Supreme<\/p>\n<p>Court in the decision reported in <a href=\"\/doc\/808957\/\">Alavi Haji v. Muhammed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(2007 (3) KLT 77) had held that &#8220;where payee despatches<\/p>\n<p>notice by registered post with correct address of drawer of<\/p>\n<p>cheque, principle incorporated in S.27 of General Clauses Act<\/p>\n<p>would be attracted. Or in other words if a notice is addressed<\/p>\n<p>in the proper address then the presumption would arise u\/s 27<\/p>\n<p>of the General Clauses Act. Now, the factual question is<\/p>\n<p>whether a notice has been properly addressed. The evidence<\/p>\n<p>of PW1 who is none other than the husband of the accused<\/p>\n<p>would show that he does not remember the address of the<\/p>\n<p>accused. So his evidence is not of much avail.<\/p>\n<p>     5.    PW2 is a chance witness who according to him had<\/p>\n<p>come to collect some amount from the houses and at that<\/p>\n<p>time he saw the transaction. This witness is able to say the<\/p>\n<p>address of the accused. He knows the complainant, according<\/p>\n<p>to him for the last 20 years but he does not know his address.<\/p>\n<p>So here is a witness who is very familiar to the complainant<\/p>\n<p>Crl. Appeal NO. 682     OF 2003<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                               -:4:-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>and who does not know the address of the complainant but<\/p>\n<p>knows the address of the accused.      I am not prepared to<\/p>\n<p>accept his evidence. Now the factual circumstances is very<\/p>\n<p>suspicious to hold that he had been available there.<\/p>\n<p>     6.    PW3 is the postman of the said post office.    He<\/p>\n<p>would depose that he had tendered the letter and as it was<\/p>\n<p>locked he had returned it and therefore intimation has been<\/p>\n<p>given as &#8216;unclaimed. According to him he looks into the T.C.<\/p>\n<p>No.   He has very categorically said that the name of the<\/p>\n<p>husband of the accused is Peeru Mohammed. But when it is<\/p>\n<p>asked that is it not Shahul Hameed, he has no answer to be<\/p>\n<p>given. It has to be stated that the endorsement only shows<\/p>\n<p>unclaimed and it does not also very much help the Court.<\/p>\n<p>     7.    Now the accused had produced an extract of the<\/p>\n<p>ration card.  Original was produced before court. A certified<\/p>\n<p>copy after verification was marked as Ext.D1. It would show<\/p>\n<p>that the name of the husband of the accused as Shahul<\/p>\n<p>Hameed and not Peeru Mohammed. The house No. is 49\/328<\/p>\n<p>and not 49\/323. So these two factors convincingly establish<\/p>\n<p>Crl. Appeal NO. 682      OF 2003<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                               -:5:-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>one point that the letter has not been addressed in the proper<\/p>\n<p>address.   Unless a letter is sent to the accused in his proper<\/p>\n<p>address the presumption that is available u\/s 27 of the<\/p>\n<p>General Clauses Act does not apply. So in the light of the<\/p>\n<p>pronouncement of the Apex Court on that point it is to be held<\/p>\n<p>that the complainant has not succeeded in proving that he has<\/p>\n<p>issued a proper notice. U\/s 138 of the Negotiable Instruments<\/p>\n<p>Act what is contemplated is a notice in writing and it must be<\/p>\n<p>to a proper person in a proper address. Therefore I cannot<\/p>\n<p>find fault with the court below in arriving at a decision that the<\/p>\n<p>notice is not proper and the accused is entitled to an acquittal.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore there are no grounds to interfere with the decision<\/p>\n<p>rendered by the court below. Hence the appeal lacks merit<\/p>\n<p>and the same is dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                 M.N. KRISHNAN, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>ul\/-\n<\/p>\n<p>Crl. Appeal NO. 682 OF 2003<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                         -:6:-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                               M.N. KRISHNAN, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>                              = = = = = = = = = =<br \/>\n                              Crl.A. No. 682 OF 2003<br \/>\n                            = = = = = = = = = = =<\/p>\n<p>                                J U D G M E N T<\/p>\n<p>                                21st August, 2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court N.Bhaskaran Nair vs Noorjahan on 21 August, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM CRL.A.No. 682 of 2003() 1. N.BHASKARAN NAIR, BHAGERATHAN, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. NOORJAHAN W\/O. PEERU MOHAMMED, &#8230; Respondent 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE For Petitioner :SRI.BIJU KURIAKOSE For Respondent :SRI.B.SATHIQ The Hon&#8217;ble MR. 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