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NI Act | Sec 138 | No prosecution of Joint account holder who not signed cheque
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- Kodam Danalakshmi Vs State of Telangana (Telangana High Court)
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- All High Courts, Telangana High Court
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Kodam Danalakshmi Vs State of Telangana (Telangana High Court)
A person who is the signatory to the cheque and the cheque is drawn by that person on an account maintained by him and the cheque has been issued for the discharge, in whole or in part, of any debt or other liability and the said cheque has been returned by the bank unpaid, such person can be said to have committed an offence. Section 138 of the NI Act does not speak about the joint liability. Even in case of a joint liability, in case of individual persons, a person other than a person who has drawn the cheque on an account mainta...
