Husband’s Undertaking to Pay Business Liability Does Not Automatically Exonerate Wife From Cheque-Bounce Trial: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to quash criminal proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 against a woman accused along with her husband in a cheque-bounce case. The Court held that the husband’s undertaking under a settlement agreement to discharge the outstanding business liability could not, at the stage of quashing, be used by the wife to completely avoid the criminal trial. Justice Alok…
