Sanjay Kumar Alias Sanjay Sao Alias Sanjay Sao Kanhu v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act — premature complaint; complaint filed before expiry of 30 days from dispatch of notice plus 15 days for payment; deemed/presumed service of notice sent by registered post drawable only upon expiry of 30 days where there is no service report and notice not returned unserved; no date of service of notice recorded by trial court or appellate court; appellate court's deemed service on 02.01.2013 and cause of action ripe 18.01.2013 held perverse; C.C. Alavi Haji (2007) 6 SCC 555 distinguished — no payment-upon-receipt-of-summons route where statutory timeline unsatisfied; Yogendra Pratap Singh (2014) 10 SCC 713 and Subodh S. Salaskar (2008) 13 SCC 689 relied on; Manoj Kumar Nag, Criminal Revision No. 827 of 2012 (Jharkhand HC, decided 13.07.2021) relied on; revision allowed, parties to proceed as per law; fresh complaint with sufficient cause for delay open to complainant; cheque of Rs. 3.0 lakhs dishonoured due to account closed; Hazaribag; Complaint Case No.149/13, T.R. No.289/17; Appeal No.46/17 before Additional Sessions Judge XIII; conviction under S.138 challenged in criminal revision.