Shivakumar V. S/o Veerabhadrappa vs Deepak M. S/o Late Mahadevappa — 264/2023

Case under Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 138. Disposed: Contested--CONVICTED AND SENTENCED on 13th March 2026.

Case disposed

C.C. - CRIMINAL CASES

CNR: KADG210009052023

Filing Number

264/2023

Filing Date

05-Oct-2023

Registration No

264/2023

Registration Date

05-Oct-2023

Court

SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC, CHANNAGIRI

Judge

972-Senior CIVIL Judge And JMFC Channagiri

Decision Date

13-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--CONVICTED AND SENTENCED

Last updated 04-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 138

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.Shivakumar V. S/o Veerabhadrappa

    Adv. Somashekharappa H

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.Deepak M. S/o Late Mahadevappa

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 13-Mar-2026

    JudgmentView PDF

    CASE SUMMARY: C.C.NO.264/2023 The court convicted Deepak M. under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act for dishonoring a cheque. Shivakumar advanced a Rs.3,00,000 hand loan to Deepak in December 2022; when repayment was demanded in February 2023, Deepak issued cheque No.779001 which was dishonored for insufficient funds on March 1, 2023. Despite receiving a legal notice on March 16, 2023, Deepak failed to repay within 15 days. The court rejected Deepak's defense (that his brother issued the cheque) as lacking credible evidence and held all statutory requirements of Section 138 were satisfied. Deepak was sentenced to pay Rs.3,50,000 in fines (Rs.3,40,000 compensation to complainant, Rs.10,000 to State), with six months simple imprisonment in default. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 13-Mar-2026

    Disposed

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  4. 04-Mar-2026

    Judgement Criminal

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  5. 25-Feb-2026

    Arguments Criminal

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  6. 10-Feb-2026

    Arguments Criminal

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  7. 05-Feb-2026

    Arguments Criminal

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  8. 23-Jan-2026

    Arguments Criminal

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  9. 09-Jan-2026

    Evidence Criminal

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  10. 29-Dec-2025

    Evidence Criminal

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  11. 02-Dec-2025

    Evidence Criminal

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  12. 13-Nov-2025

    Evidence Criminal

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  13. 28-Oct-2025

    Evidence Criminal

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  14. 23-Oct-2025

    Arguments Criminal

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  15. 04-Oct-2025

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  16. 25-Sep-2025

    Evidence Criminal

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  17. 28-Aug-2025

    A.D.R. Criminal

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  18. 11-Aug-2025

    A.D.R. Criminal

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  19. 28-Jul-2025

    Arguments Criminal

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  20. 21-Jul-2025

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  21. 17-Jul-2025

    Arguments Criminal

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  22. 07-Jul-2025

    Arguments Criminal

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  23. 16-Jun-2025

    Appearance Of Accussed

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  24. 24-Mar-2025

    Appearance Of Accussed

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  25. 18-Feb-2025

    Arguments Criminal

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  26. 17-Feb-2025

    Appearance Of Accussed

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  27. 25-Jan-2025

    Appearance Of Accussed

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  28. 21-Jan-2025

    Arguments Criminal

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  29. 16-Dec-2024

    Evidence Criminal

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  30. 07-Dec-2024

    Evidence Criminal

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  31. 22-Nov-2024

    Evidence Criminal

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  32. 08-Nov-2024

    Evidence Criminal

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  33. 05-Nov-2024

    Accussed Statement u/s 313 CrPC

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  34. 30-Oct-2024

    Evidence Criminal

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  35. 23-Sep-2024

    Appearance Of Accussed

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  36. 22-Aug-2024

    DepositionView PDF

  37. 22-Aug-2024

    Evidence Criminal

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  38. 25-Jul-2024

    PleaView PDF

  39. 25-Jul-2024

    Evidence Criminal

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  40. 20-Jun-2024

    Appearance Of Accussed

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  41. 23-Apr-2024

    Await Notice

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  42. 26-Mar-2024

    Await Notice

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  43. 26-Feb-2024

    Appearance Of Accussed

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  44. 25-Jan-2024

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  45. 28-Dec-2023

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  46. 18-Nov-2023

    Appearance Of Accussed

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  47. 05-Oct-2023

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  48. 05-Oct-2023

    Case filed

    Registration No. 264/2023

casestatus.in Summary

CASE SUMMARY: C.C.NO.264/2023 The court convicted Deepak M. under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act for dishonoring a cheque. Shivakumar advanced a Rs.3,00,000 hand loan to Deepak in December 2022; when repayment was demanded in February 2023, Deepak issued cheque No.779001 which was dishonored for insufficient funds on March 1, 2023. Despite receiving a legal notice on March 16, 2023, Deepak failed to repay within 15 days. The court rejected Deepak's defense (that his brother issued the cheque) as lacking credible evidence and held all statutory requirements of Section 138 were satisfied. Deepak was sentenced to pay Rs.3,50,000 in fines (Rs.3,40,000 compensation to complainant, Rs.10,000 to State), with six months simple imprisonment in default. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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