{"id":91494,"date":"2010-09-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-06T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-c-k-shashtry-vs-mr-ramananda-pai-on-7-september-2010"},"modified":"2015-08-16T07:28:31","modified_gmt":"2015-08-16T01:58:31","slug":"dr-c-k-shashtry-vs-mr-ramananda-pai-on-7-september-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-c-k-shashtry-vs-mr-ramananda-pai-on-7-september-2010","title":{"rendered":"Dr C K Shashtry vs Mr Ramananda Pai on 7 September, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Dr C K Shashtry vs Mr Ramananda Pai on 7 September, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Huluvadi G.Ramesh<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA ATBANGALCCRE\nDated this the 7\"' day of September,  \u00abC   \n\nBefore\n\nTHE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE Lit:\/212131\" G'    7\n\nCriminal Appea!.4__ 9157..\/_l2008  \nBetween.      \"\n\nDr C K Shashtry, 63 yrs  .\n\nS\/0 late Ramakrishna Shashiry \u00ab-\nR\/a Ganapathy Temple Road \" 'M\nKadaba Post, Puttur Taluk\nD K District A C \n\n(By Sri A t&lt;esn;;va&quot;eh\u00e9i3:-,t~;4;;iv.)\u00a7_l!     \nAnd:  %%%%    &#039;M\nMr Ramaneinda&#039;Pai&#039; V&#039; \n\nProp,\u00bb Mahal\u00e9se\ufb01nterprinersl&#039; , N V\nYelmudi, Main Road A\n\nPuttur }, D K\u00bb Distvrict V&quot; Respondent<\/pre>\n<p>   &#8220;Erased Assts., Adv.)<\/p>\n<p>C&#8217;   under S.378(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure<\/p>\n<p>  praying &#8216;tie se..t&#8217;asid&#8217;e the judgment dated 5.7.2008 in CC 143\/2006 by the<br \/>\n H 4VAddl. }l\\zI\u00a5?C; D K.\n<\/p>\n<p>    Appeal coming on for Hearing this day, Court delivered the<br \/>\n f0l.l0vo&#8217;ing: \ufb01t.\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>The cheque is said to have been given by the accused, taccording<\/p>\n<p>to the complainant, for the amount lent by him to A4 alt<\/p>\n<p>appears in connection with a transaction to settle_b.usiness, <\/p>\n<p>according to the complainant, he has]also_Aiaceeipted_itheiamoiuntof i<\/p>\n<p>Rs.4,50,000\/&#8211;. For the remaining amount,  i:;cheque*.<\/p>\n<p>would have been issued by the    the amount<br \/>\nwould have been lent by the~.\ufb02,c\u00a7USeq\\&#8221;&#8216;  later there<br \/>\nmay be an instruction issuedA..tOi:i.i_i1&#8211;e  payment. It appears,<br \/>\nthroughout, the  itjheiiiargument of the parties has<br \/>\nopined as to   iikept a huge amount of<br \/>\n  the contention of the complainant.\n<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, it is  of the appellant&#8217;s counsel that the<\/p>\n<p>trial court has also &#8220;no_ttaken&#8217; note of the fact as to how the accused had<\/p>\n<p> Rs}.  :iwi.th him so that he could pay to the complainant when<\/p>\n<p>there 1s&#8217;__noth\u00bbirigd_to  that the accused has drawn the amount from the<\/p>\n<p> bank.\n<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;T he trial court referring to the Various judgments and also taking<\/p>\n<p>{meat the arguments on behalf of the accused, opined that complainant<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">5<\/span><br \/>\nhas not placed any material to show that the accused was also doing<\/p>\n<p>share business in the office of his brother. Simultaneously, it has also<\/p>\n<p>opined that some payments are shown to have been 1nade._regar_ding<\/p>\n<p>settlement towards share business. It appears the cc-i9l_tentie;j~&#8211;..<\/p>\n<p>complainant is, towards amount borrowedby the ac:&#8217;cusedl&#8217;fiTom hi.m,__the&#8221; .<\/p>\n<p>cheque is issued. Also, it may be possible th&#8217;at.&#8217;theit\u00bbcheqluelint:-st &#8220;li:4rve<\/p>\n<p>been issued by the accused to the &#8216;c~omplai&#8217;rviant .tow.a1&#8217;dsfthe balance.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Rs.1,50,000\/&#8211;, when the comyplaina1aty_h_als&#8221;~take.n a contentionrlthat there is<br \/>\na settlement for Rs.6 lakhs&#8221;&#8216;&#8211;_v.&#8217;ega1&#8217;ding&#8217;::;ha&#8217;i=e&#8221;t bi1s:,iness and a sum of<\/p>\n<p>Rs.-4,50,000\/&#8211; has be&lt;&#039;;n_paid&quot;bytheaeeusedly.  it has noted that<\/p>\n<p>arbitration proc_eecEings were.in&#039;i\u00abtlated &#039;before the SEBI. It is al.so stated,<br \/>\nsettlement was&#039; madepllieg-aiidinlgrthe share business and as per the<\/p>\n<p>settlement, accused  paid&#039;.Rs.3 lakhs to the complainant.<br \/>\nTh\u00e9: .tria,1__ court&quot;&#039;hav.i..ng noted that PW 1 has admitted in his cross-<\/p>\n<p>l&#039;eXami&#039;iiaticn:lth:at. accused had paid Rs.3 iakhs and again a cheque was<\/p>\n<p>drawnpllon ..5:.Bank of Mysore for Rs.l,50,000\/\u00bb\u00ab, opined that<\/p>\n<p>  l&#039;;:pmplain~ant&#039;;.has admitted that he has received Rs.4,50,000\/&#8211;. A130, a<\/p>\n<p>   was made on behalf of the complainant to the accused DW E<\/p>\n<p>W<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">9<\/span><br \/>\njust conclusion, the trial court could have referred Ex.D3, the document<\/p>\n<p>when it has been disputed by the complainant for having executed the<\/p>\n<p>same, to expert&#8217;s opinion and to render a just decision in _th.e_&#8221;case_. In<\/p>\n<p>stead, only on the ground that the accused has filed a_.-ease<\/p>\n<p>complainant, it has opined that the case Jhasto be&#8217;deCid&#8217;edielse,where . 2 <\/p>\n<p>even without deciding the case on meritsion the..grou\u00bbnd&#8221;~thiat whienilthere<\/p>\n<p>is an instruction to stop payment,ii_the. accused mayi&#8217;inot~\u00a7._be\u00ab.sd..ue; to the &#8216;<\/p>\n<p>complainant as such, there  an orderdof stop pay&#8217;me,nAt and also that,<\/p>\n<p>there is a case filed in the civil&#8217; court; ,_  }<\/p>\n<p>When therevi&#8217;.i~.\u00abj _some semblance of truth to show that, as is noted<br \/>\nby the trial .__cou,rt, &#8216;the&#8221;\u00abs.A&#8221;a_c&#8221;euse&#8217;di has given some amount to the<\/p>\n<p>complainant. but, it would not necessarily be towards loan and it would<\/p>\n<p> have ii:heeri.i:&#8217;tow&#8217;a_rds settlement of the share amount due to the<\/p>\n<p>comp.l&#8217;a.inant;* &#8220;circurnstances, without looking into the stand taken<\/p>\n<p>V by _ by the&#8221;&#8221;comp&#8217;lai-nant, simply it has proceeded on the score that the accused<\/p>\n<p>&#8216; 2&#8217;&#8212;h&#8217;in:=sel&#8217;f hasfiled a case to recover the amount. When the complainant<\/p>\n<p> e.hi&#8217;mseif&#8217;has disputed the sigiiature on Ex.D3, it would necessarily be the<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;s-ubjiect matter for experts opinion. Even the accused has taken a stand<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;VJ<\/p>\n<p>case on merits in the proper perspective.\n<\/p>\n<p>expenses regarding the expert&#8217;s opinion<\/p>\n<p>Appeal is alfowed<\/p>\n<p>An<\/p>\n<p>The compfainant to ilie\u00e9irpthe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court Dr C K Shashtry vs Mr Ramananda Pai on 7 September, 2010 Author: Huluvadi G.Ramesh IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA ATBANGALCCRE Dated this the 7&#8243;&#8216; day of September, \u00abC Before THE HON&#8217;BLE MR JUSTICE Lit:\/212131&#8243; G&#8217; 7 Criminal Appea!.4__ 9157..\/_l2008 Between. &#8221; Dr C K Shashtry, 63 yrs . 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