Complaint filed before expiry of stipulated period of 15 days is not a valid complaint u/s. 142 of Negotiable Instruments Act

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Yogendra Pratap Singh V/s. Savitri Pandey Criminal Appeal No. 605 of 2012 April 3, 2012 JUDGMENT 1. Leave granted. 2. This appeal assails an order passed by the High Court whereby it has allowed a petition under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. and quashed the order passed by the Magistrate taking cognizance of an offence punishable under Section 138 of The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The following two questions arise for consideration: (i)  Can cognizance of an offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 be taken on the ...