K.D.Sasidharan v. Radhakrishnan

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

PRESENT:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE B.KEMAL PASHA TUESDAY, THE 15TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2015/24TH BHADRA, 1937 Crl.MC.No. 3258 of 2015 () --------------------------- AGAINST THE ORDER/JUDGMENT IN CMP 9022/2014 of J.M.F.C.-I, ALAPPUZHA AGAINST THE ORDER/JUDGMENT IN ST 207/2013 of J.M.F.C.,VAIKOM PETITIONER(S)/COMPLAINANT:

-------------------------- K.D.SASIDHARAN AGED 57 YEARS S/O.DIVAKARAN, KAKKALAMTHARA VEEDU, T.V.PURAM PO VAIKOM, PIN:

BY ADVS.SRI.DARSAN SOMANATH SRI.P.S.ANAGHAN RESPONDENT(S)/ACCUSED/STATE:

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1. RADHAKRISHNAN S/O.SREEDHARAN, PUTHENPURAKKAL VEEDU, SOUTH ARYAD AVALOOKUNNU PO, ALAPPUZHA 688001

2. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KERALA BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SMT.SAREENA THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 15-09-2015, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING:

Crl.MC.No. 3258 of 2015 () --------------------------- APPENDIX PETITIONER(S)' EXHIBITS ------------------------ ANNEXURE AI:THE TRUE COPY OF THE COMPLAINT, VIZ, ST.307/2013 FILED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE JFCM, VAIKOM ANNEXURE A2:THE TRUE COPY OF THE PROOF AFFIDAVIT FILED BY THE PETITIONER DATED 14.08.2014 BEFORE THE JUDICIAL FIRST CLASS MAGISTRATE COURT, VAIKOM ANNEXURE A3:THE TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER OF JFCM, VAIKOM IN ST.307/2013 DATED 05.09.2014 ANNEXURE A4:THE ORIGINAL PROCEEDING SHEET OF JUDICIAL FIRST CLASS MAGISTRATE COURT I, ALAPPUZHA IN CMP.9022/2014 RESPONDENT(S)' EXHIBITS ------------------------ NIL /TRUE COPY/ PS TO JUDGE vgs

B.KEMAL PASHA, J.

................................................................ CRL. M.C. No. 3258 of 2015 ............................................................... Dated this the 15th day of September, 2015

O R D E R

Petitioner is the complainant in S.T.No.207/13 of the Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court-II, Vaikom for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. Based on the decision in Dashrath Rupsingh v. State of Maharashtra[2014(3) KLT 605(SC)], the matter was returned for presentation before the Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court-I, Alappuzha within whose jurisdiction the drawer Bank is situated. Presently, amendment has been brought out to the N.I.Act whereby the jurisdiction is conferred on the payee Bank in which the cheque has been presented. In this case, the cheque was presented at the Bank within the jurisdiction of the Judicial

CRL.M.C.No.3258 of 2015 -: 2 :- First Class Magistrate's Court-I, Vaikom. Apart from that, the evidence in this case has been commenced before the Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court-II, Vaikom. Matters being so, the proceedings are necessarily to be transferred from the Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court-I, Alappuzha where it is pending as CMP No.9022/2014, to the Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court-II, Vaikom.

In the result, this Crl.M.C. is disposed of by transferring CMP No.9022/2014 pending before the Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court-I, Alappuzha to the Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court-II, Vaikom.

Sd/- B.KEMAL PASHA, JUDGE ul/- [True copy] P.S. to Judge