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ABDUL MAJEED vs State S — 2022 PCrLJN 22 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation
2022 PCrLJN 22 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court
Sindh High Court
Year
2022
Parties
ABDUL MAJEED vs State S
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
S. 489-F---D; S. 489-F

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Judgment text as reported

ABDUL MAJEED VS State S. 489-F---Dishonouring of cheque---appreciation of evidence---appeal against acquittal---First Information Report had been lodged after about three months and fifteen days---No satisfactory explanation was given for such delay---Complainant admitted that the cheques were not signed by the accused persons and they had no nexus with the cheques---Complainant thus had exonerated the accused persons---Section 489-F, P.P.C. applied where cheque was issued dishonestly towards re-payment of loan or fulfilment of obligation---In the present case, cheques were neither issued by accused persons nor signed by them, as such case did not fall within the ambit of S. 489-F, P.P.C.---accused persons were rightly acquitted---appeal against acquittal was dismissed, in circumstances.

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