Balbir Singh Bhasin v. State,Of NCT Of Delhi & ORS.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ CRL.M.C. 3039/2024 & CRL.M.A. 11713/2024 BALBIR SINGH BHASIN ..... Petitioner Through:

Mr. Apoorv Sarvaria, Ms.

Yashika Sarvaria and Mr.

Sahaj Aggarwal, Advs.

versus STATE,OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS.

..... Respondent Through:

Mr. Pradeep Gahalot, APP for the State with Mr.

Prashant Malik, Mr. Harsh Antil, Ms.

Kanupriya Aswal and Mr. Mohit Panghal, Advs.

Mr.

Devashish Bhadauriya, Adv.

for complainant (through VC) Mr. Rahul Sharma, Ms.

Anvita Mehrotra, Mr.

Ayush Bhatia and Mr.

Shubham, Advs. for R-3 (Liquidator).

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN

O R D E R

% 27.05.2024 1.

It is not disputed that the petitioner had resigned from the accused company with effect from 02.07.2014 whereas the cheques were issued on 11.11.2016.

2.

The petitioner also was only a nominee Director of the accused company and was nominated on behalf of the State Bank of India.

3.

Admittedly, the petitioner could not have been held vicariously liable for the dishonour of the cheque issued by the The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 31/05/2024 at 12:06:02

accused company.

4.

In view of the above, the impugned order dated 28.11.2018 insofar as it issues summons to the petitioner, is set aside. 5.

The present petition is allowed in the aforesaid terms. AMIT MAHAJAN, J MAY 27, 2024 'KDK'

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