After cheque dishonour, amount paid to party, can he still file S. 138 case?

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      Sir, i issued a cheque to a person for land registry…after registration he haven’t given documents and threat me to cancel my registration.apart of that I had already given him cash..due to that i stop cheque payment through online.at the same time he presented the cheque at bank and my cheque dishonoured. but the same day I made payment through NEFT of the same amount after his request…but he didn’t given me that dishonoured cheque…can he file a case on me….

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      I don’t think it would be possible for him to file a case of cheque dishonour against you under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act in the facts and circumstances mentioned by you.

      For an offence under Section 138 to be made out, the cheque should have been issued "for the discharge, in whole or in part, of any debt or other liability", and then it should have been dishonoured. In your case, you have mentioned that you have already paid the amount due to him by NEFT, which implies that there is no debt or other liability pending against you. Therefore, it may not be possible for him to file the case under Section 138 of the said Act.

      Moreover, after a cheque has been dishonoured, the payee is required to send a notice to the drawer of the cheque for making payment of the amount of the cheque. The drawer of the cheque has a time period of 15 days to make such payment from the date of receipt of such notice. Therefore, if at all any such notice is received by you, you can explain to him that there is no debt or other liability and that you have already made the payment to him by way of NEFT. And, in case you feel that the notice given by him is correct then you can still make the payment due to him, in which case the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act would not be made out.

           


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