Henry Joseph vs K.P. Jose @ Jose Kangappaden — 100353/2013

Case under Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 138. Disposed: Contested--ALLOWED on 19th March 2026.

Case disposed

Crl.A - CRIMINAL APPEAL

CNR: KLKT010020412013

Filing Number

100325/2013

Filing Date

04-Oct-2013

Registration No

100353/2013

Registration Date

04-Oct-2013

Court

Principal District & Sessions Court / Rent Control Appellate Authority, Kottayam

Judge

3-Addl. District and Sessions Judge - II (Spl.) / Addl. MACT-I, Kottayam

Decision Date

19-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--ALLOWED

Last updated 10-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 138

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.Henry Joseph

    Adv. Adv.K. Anilkumar, Adv.K. Anilkumar

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.K.P. Jose @ Jose Kangappaden

  2. 2.State of Kerala

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 19-Mar-2026

    Judgement

    Case Summary: Henry Joseph v. K.P. Jose @ Jose Kangappaden (Criminal Appeal No. 353/2013) The appellate court acquitted Henry Joseph of cheque bounce charges under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The court found that the complainant's son (PW1), who testified after the original complainant's death, introduced a new version inconsistent with the original complaint and lacked direct knowledge of the transaction. The court determined the prosecution failed to establish beyond reasonable doubt that the accused issued the cheque as a loan repayment, noting the accused's version—that ₹3,00,000 was refunded via demand draft and the blank cheque was misused—was more credible given evidentiary gaps. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 19-Mar-2026

    Disposed

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  4. 16-Mar-2026

    Order/Judgement

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  5. 11-Mar-2026

    Order/Judgement

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  6. 05-Mar-2026

    Order/Judgement

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  7. 28-Feb-2026

    Order/Judgement

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  8. 21-Feb-2026

    Order/Judgement

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  9. 19-Feb-2026

    For Further Hearing

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  10. 16-Feb-2026

    For Further Hearing

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  11. 10-Feb-2026

    Order/Judgement

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  12. 30-Jan-2026

    Order/Judgement

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  13. 17-Jan-2026

    Order/Judgement

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  14. 15-Jan-2026

    For Further Hearing

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  15. 08-Jan-2026

    For Further Hearing

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  16. 30-Dec-2025

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    Call with Mp

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  18. 24-Dec-2025

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  21. 06-Dec-2025

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  22. 01-Dec-2025

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  23. 25-Nov-2025

    For Hearing

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  27. 04-Nov-2025

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  28. 27-Oct-2025

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  29. 23-Oct-2025

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  30. 13-Oct-2025

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  31. 27-Sep-2025

    Appearance of Appellant

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  32. 19-Sep-2025

    Issue Notice

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  35. 09-Sep-2025

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  36. 29-Aug-2025

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  37. 23-Aug-2025

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  40. 04-Aug-2025

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  42. 26-Jul-2025

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  43. 18-Jul-2025

    Issue Notice

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  44. 07-May-2025

    Stay Report

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  45. 28-Feb-2025

    Stay Report

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  46. 12-Dec-2024

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  48. 10-Oct-2024

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  49. 10-Sep-2024

    For Reports

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  50. 17-Jul-2024

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  51. 10-May-2024

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  52. 11-Mar-2024

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  53. 29-Feb-2024

    Adjourned

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  54. 27-Feb-2024

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  55. 31-Jan-2024

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  56. 30-Jan-2024

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  57. 24-Jan-2024

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  58. 18-Jan-2024

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  59. 26-Dec-2023

    Return of Notice

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  60. 16-Dec-2023

    Issue Notice

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  61. 16-Sep-2023

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  62. 16-Jun-2023

    Issue Notice

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  63. 29-Mar-2023

    Call On

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  64. 31-Jan-2023

    Return of Notice

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  65. 31-Dec-2022

    Issue Notice

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  66. 25-Oct-2022

    Stayed Call On

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  67. 25-Aug-2022

    Adjourned

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  68. 24-Jun-2022

    Adjourned

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  69. 25-Mar-2022

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  70. 18-Dec-2021

    Adjourned

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  71. 18-Oct-2021

    Adjourned

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  72. 29-Jun-2021

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  73. 24-Apr-2021

    Adjourned

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  74. 19-Feb-2021

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  75. 11-Dec-2020

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  76. 27-Oct-2020

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  77. 24-Aug-2020

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  80. 04-Feb-2020

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  81. 18-Dec-2019

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  82. 26-Oct-2019

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  86. 20-Apr-2019

    For Reports

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  87. 19-Mar-2019

    Await Report

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  88. 19-Dec-2018

    Await Report

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  89. 03-Oct-2018

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  90. 14-Aug-2018

    Verify And Report

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  91. 18-Jun-2018

    Verify And Report

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  92. 22-Mar-2018

    Stayed Call On

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  93. 31-Jan-2018

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  94. 12-Dec-2017

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  95. 28-Oct-2017

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  96. 10-Aug-2017

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  97. 24-Jun-2017

    Stay Report

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  98. 18-May-2017

    For Reports

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  99. 17-Apr-2017

    Judge on leave / duty

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  100. 10-Mar-2017

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  105. 18-Jun-2016

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  106. 07-Apr-2016

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  107. 03-Feb-2016

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  108. 15-Dec-2015

    No sitting notified

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  114. 10-Jul-2015

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  115. 04-Jul-2015

    For Hearing

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  116. 28-May-2015

    Order Number 1

  117. 28-May-2015

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  118. 28-Apr-2015

    Call On

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  119. 31-Mar-2015

    For Hearing

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  120. 20-Jan-2015

    Await Report

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  121. 31-Dec-2014

    For Hearing

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  122. 03-Dec-2014

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  123. 01-Dec-2014

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  124. 28-Oct-2014

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    For L C R

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  126. 11-Jul-2014

    For Steps

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  127. 14-Feb-2014

    Issue Notice

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  128. 07-Oct-2013

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  129. 04-Oct-2013

    Case filed

    Registration No. 100353/2013

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: Henry Joseph v. K.P. Jose @ Jose Kangappaden (Criminal Appeal No. 353/2013) The appellate court acquitted Henry Joseph of cheque bounce charges under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The court found that the complainant's son (PW1), who testified after the original complainant's death, introduced a new version inconsistent with the original complaint and lacked direct knowledge of the transaction. The court determined the prosecution failed to establish beyond reasonable doubt that the accused issued the cheque as a loan repayment, noting the accused's version—that ₹3,00,000 was refunded via demand draft and the blank cheque was misused—was more credible given evidentiary gaps. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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