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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NOS._______/2024 [ARISING OUT OF SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) NOS. 4681-4684/2024]
SURYA PRAKASH KEJRIWAL APPELLANT(s)
VERSUS
M/S GOPIRAM CHETRAM RESPONDENT(S)
O R D E R
1. Leave granted.
2. The respondent is a complainant in the complaints
filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act,
1881 (for short, ‘N.I. Act’). The appellant was shown as
an accused in the complaints in his capacity as the
Director of the first accused which is a private limited
company. Admittedly, the cheques subject matter of the
complaints were drawn on the account of the first accused -
company. The appellant was a signatory to the cheques. On
an application made by the first respondent under Section
143A of the N.I. Act, the learned Magistrate passed an
order on 15th March, 2023 directing the accused company and
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the appellant to pay a sum of Rs.50,00,000/- (Rupees Fifty
Lakhs Only) each as interim compensation. The said order
was interfered with by the Sessions Court. By the impugned
judgment, on a petition filed by the first respondent, the
High Court has restored the order dated 15th March, 2023 of
the learned Trial Court.
3. The issue is no more res integra. In the case of
Shri Gurudatta Sugars Marketing P. Ltd. vs. Prithviraj
Sayajirao Deshmukh and Ors., (2024...