Partly allowed¶78
M Manjunath v. R Kumar
Karnataka HCCRL.RP/945/2017
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Karnataka HC Criminal Revision Petition — conviction under S.138 NI Act upheld where accused failed to rebut presumption despite admitting cheque issuance — sentence of default imprisonment reduced as excessive — relies on Supreme Court precedent (2019) 4 SCC 197 on rebuttal of presumption requiring cogent evidence beyond bare denial.
What did the court decide?
Revision petition allowed in part: conviction under Section 138 NI Act confirmed but sentence modified — default imprisonment reduced. ¶78