l la 24, 25, 29 -40, 42-45, 47 -5 5, 57-5 8', 60', 62-68', 7 0', 7 2-85 % 13.09.2010 Plcscnt: Mr' V'K' Shailendra for thc pctitioncrs' * l. .I.hcsc rcvision pctitions arc directcd against the ordcr dated 18tl'May' 20].0rcfusirrgtotakccognizanccandSummontheaccusedincorrrplaints lilcd undcr Scction 138 of the Negotiablc Instruments Act' 1881 (the Act' ltlr short). lly the irnpugnccl ordcr clatcd lStr'May, 2010' lcarncd trial court has dismisscci thc conplainls, inter alia, holding that no proof of delivery of notioc unclcr scction 138(b) of the Act has becn placecl on rccord' l'carncd counscl for the petitioner submits that the pclitionc'had rrlcd postal receipts issLrcd by thc post olfice for scnding of noticcs ttnclcr Section 138 proviso clartsc(b)ofthcAct.IlcrclicsuponthellvidcnccAct,ls72andthc GcncralClauscsAct,lsgT.Ilchasalsoplaccdrclianceonscvcr.al juclgmcntsofilrcsuplcmeCoutlincludingV.RajuKumuriversusP. subhsrunur Naiclu, @_0g_3tef__JJA. and ,D. vinod shivappu versus NutuluRelliopptt,(2006)6SCC456.Ilcsubrnitsthatthequestionof scrvicc of noticc was not argued and questioned' I-Ie statcs that argumenrs \ryerc hcard on the point of tcrritorial jurisdiction only. I1e submits that in casc thc clucstion o[ scjrvice of noticc had bccn raised by the lcarned trial conr.t, hc would havc rcfcrred to and rclicd upol-l thc aforesaid juclgments arrcl Scction 114 0f thc llvidcnce Act' 1872 and scction 27 0l the Gcncral Clauscs Act, 1897. IIc has drawn my attcntion to carlicr order passcd by Fj a o soz-srszoro. srs-s18,1?9Lu:: !t this court in criminal l{evision Petition No' 45212010 and other connectcd cases on 30tl'August, 1010' 2.Inviewoftheaforesaidposition,theimpugnedorderdatedl8.l.May, 2010 is hercby sct aside and the mallel is rcmanded back to thc learned trial court for fi.esh hearing and decision. I,earned counsel for the petitioner will becntitledtorclyuponjudgmentsandstatutoryprovisionsinsupporlofhis contcntion 3'ItisclarifiedthatthisCourthasnotexpressedanyopiniononmerlts andthetr.ialcourlrru'illpassanordcrwithoutbeinginfluencedbythe observations made in this ordcr' 4. 'fhe petitioner will appear before the trial court on 5tl' october' 2010' The pctitions arc accordingly disposed of' a tr' SANJIV KHANNA' J. SIIPTBMRRII 13, 2010 VKR YJ e a