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Allahabad High Court2022(2022) Cri LJ 1234Criminalimportant

Rajiv Kumar Gupta v. State of Uttar Pradesh

Rajiv Kumar GuptavsState of Uttar Pradesh
Single Judge
Negotiable Instruments
Section 138Summary TrialMagistrateNI ActSection 143Judicial Application
Core Ruling / Ratio Decidendi

Summary trial under Section 143 NI Act does not dispense with the requirement of application of judicial mind. Even in summary trial, the Magistrate must consider evidence and give reasoned judgment. Conviction cannot be mechanical.

Judgment Summary

English

Held that in summary trial for Section 138 offences, the Magistrate must personally examine each piece of documentary evidence and cannot pronounce conviction purely on the basis of documents placed on record without application of mind.

हिंदी (Hindi)

धारा 138 अपराधों के संक्षिप्त परीक्षण में, मजिस्ट्रेट को प्रत्येक दस्तावेजी साक्ष्य की व्यक्तिगत रूप से जांच करनी चाहिए। केवल रिकॉर्ड में रखे दस्तावेজों के आधार पर दोषसिद्धि नहीं।