{"id":48764,"date":"2017-06-26T15:24:51","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T09:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=48764"},"modified":"2017-06-26T15:24:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T09:54:51","slug":"cheque-bounce-cases-need-tackled-heavy-hand-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/cheque-bounce-cases-need-tackled-heavy-hand-court","title":{"rendered":"Cheque bounce cases need to be tackled with heavy hand: Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cheque bounce cases are unduly clogging the dockets of the courts and need to be tackled with a heavy hand, a Delhi court has said.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Cheque-Bounce.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" data-attachment-id=\"48765\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/cheque-bounce-cases-need-tackled-heavy-hand-court\/cheque-bounce\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Cheque-Bounce.jpg?fit=800%2C501&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,501\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cheque-Bounce\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Cheque-Bounce.jpg?fit=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Cheque-Bounce.jpg?fit=640%2C401&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-48765\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Cheque-Bounce.jpg?resize=300%2C188&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Cheque-Bounce.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Cheque-Bounce.jpg?resize=150%2C94&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Cheque-Bounce.jpg?resize=768%2C481&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Cheque-Bounce.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe observation came as the court awarded one-year-jail term to a 42-year-old north Delhi resident Lalit Kumar, who had issued a cheque worth Rs one lakh to an army official&#8217;s wife, which had bounced.<\/p>\n<p>The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1.5 lakh on Kumar with a direction that it be given to the complainant.<\/p>\n<p>Metropolitan Magistrate Ashok Kumar said the cheque bounce cases were &#8220;unduly clogging the dockets of the courts leading to docket explosion and extraction of judicial time which could have been given to other cases&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The court also said that due to the dishonest issuance of cheques, the credibility of such instruments was &#8220;eroding&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Such dishonest conduct leads not only to docket explosion, which needs to be tackled with a heavy hand, but also has resulted in harassment of the complainant, holding up the valuable money belonging to her,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>The court also said the complainant &#8220;suffered a lot of harassment and had to launch and sustain prosecution for a long period by denial of legally recoverable amount due to her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the complainant, the accused had issued a cheque in December 2014 for a sum of Rs one lakh, which got dishonoured due to &#8220;insufficient funds&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The accused further failed to make the payment of the amount, despite service of notice.<\/p>\n<p>Kumar, however, had pleaded not guilty and claimed trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheque bounce cases are unduly clogging the dockets of the courts and need to be tackled with a heavy hand, a Delhi court has said. 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