Allowed
Shashikant D. Karnik v. the State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Bombay HCWP/2238/2005
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction, disposed of numerous Criminal Writ Petitions dealing with Section 145 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The Court answered two primary questions: whether the accused has a right under Section 145(2) to seek an oral examination-in-chief (rejected) and whether Section 145 applies retrospectively (affirmed), while issuing
What did the court decide?
Applications seeking oral examination-in-chief of the complainant were rejected; Section 145 held to apply retrospectively; procedural guidelines issued to Magistrates.