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Sankar Padam Thapa v. Vijaykumar Dineshchandra Agarwal

Whether in the absence of a Trust being made an accused in a complaint under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, when a…

Allowed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
9 Oct 2025
Citation
[2025] 11 S.C.R. 197
Case no.
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 4402/2025
Bench
Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Prashant Kumar Mishra

Issue for consideration

Whether in the absence of a Trust being made an accused in a complaint under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, when a Cheque has been issued on behalf of a Trust, the said complaint would be maintainable against the Chairman/a Trustee of the Act, 1881 – Trusts Act, 1882 – Cheque issued in favour of the Appellant under the signature of the Respondent-Chairman of the Trust as authorized signatory of the Trust, was dishonoured – Appellant filed complaint against the Respondent for offences u/ss.138 and 142, NI Act

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