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These appeals are directed against orders dated th April and th August passed by the High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad whereby the High Court has quashed different complaints under
...Section of the Negotiable Instruments Act filed by the appellant against the respondents Relying upon the decision of this Court in Vinod Tanna Anr v Zaher Siddiqui Ors SCC the High Court has taken the view that dishonour of a cheque on the ground that the signatures of the drawer of the cheque do not match the specimen signatures available with the bank would not attract the penal provisions of Section of the Negotiable Instruments Act According to the High Court the provisions of Section are attracted only in cases where a cheque is dishonoured either because the amount of money standing to the credit to the account maintained by the drawer is insufficient to pay the cheque amount or the cheque amount exceeds the amount arranged to be paid from account maintained by the drawer by an agreement made with the bank
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Dishonour of cheque for insufficiency, etc., of funds in the account.