I 24, 25, 29 -40, 42-45, 47 -55, 57-5 8, 60, 62-68, 7 0, 7 2-85 % I3.09.2010 Prcscnt: Mr. V.K. Shailendra lor thc petitioncrs. .I, CRTMINAL RIIVISION I'ETITIOIN NOS. 49712010' 498/2O1Ot soz-stslzoto: sts-sts/zoto. szo-szslzoto. sso-sgtlzoto. 533/2010. 535-541/20L0. 543/20I0. 545-558/2010 g I . 'J'hcsc rcvision pctitions arc clircctccl against thc olclcr datccl l tlth May, 2010 rcfusing tcl tzrkc cognizancc ancl summon thc accttscd in complainls filcrj r-rndcr scction 138 ol'thc Ncgotiablc Instruments Act, 1881 (thc Act, for short). Ily thc impugncd older datcd 18tl'May, 2010, lcarncd trial court has disnissccl thc corlplaints, intcr alia, holding that no proof of dclivcry of noticc undcr Sccticln 13U(b) of the Act has bcen placcd on rccord. Lcarned oounscl for thc pctitiorrcr subrnits that thc pctitioncr had filcd postal receipts issuccl by thc post oflicc for sending of notices undcr Scction 138 proviso clauso (b) of thc Act. llc rclics upon thc lividcncc Act, 1872 and thc (icncral Clauscs Act, 1U97. IIc has alscl placcd rcliancc on scvcial .ir-rclgrrrcnts ol' tlrc suprcmc court including v. Ro.iu Kumari versus P. a' {' SuhhursntoNsiclu,(2004)BSCC774and.D'VinodShivappoversus Nun1u ltelliuppa, .@. IIc submits that thc clucstion of n scr.vicc of rroticc was not argucd and clucstioncd. IIc statcs that argumcnts lf wcrc hcarcl on tl'rc point of tcrritorial jurisdiction only. IIc submits that in cersc t6c clncstion of s;rvicc of noticc had bccn raiscd by thc lcarned trial court, ho woulcl havc rcfcrred to and rclicd upon thc aforcsaid judgments and Soction 1 l4 of thc lividcncc Act, I 872 and Scction 27 ol thc (icncral ClarLrscs Act, I t197. IIc has drawn my attcnlion to carlicr olclcr passcd by Digitally Signed By:AMULYA Certify that the digital file and physical file have been compared and the digital data is as per the physical file and no page is missing. Signature Not Verified this Cclurt in Criminal ltcvision Pctition No. 45212010 and othcr connectcd cascs on 30tl'Augttst, 2010. Z. In vicw of thc ahrcsaid position, thc irnpugncd ordcr datcd lBtl'May, 2010 is hcrcby sct asiclc and thc rnallcr is rcmanded back to the lcarncd trial court for frcsh hcaring and clccision. Lcarned counsel for thc pctitioncr will bc cntitlcd to rcly upon jr.rdgrncnts and statutory provisions in support of his u cclntention. 3. It is olarificcl that this Court has not cxprcsscd any opinion on merits and tftc trial cor-rrt will pass an ordcr without being influcnccd by the obscrvalions madc in this ordcr. J. 4. 'l'hc potitioncr will appcar bcforc thc trial courl on 5tr' Oetobcr, 2010. 'Ihc pctitions arc accordingly disposcd of. 1-ll l- / - l.L SANJIV KIIANNA, .I. sEP't'ItMllllR 13, 201 0 VKR -t !}