To maintain a complaint and to frame a charge under Section 138 of the NI Act, there must be a specific averment against the person concerned that he was in-charge of, and responsible for the company concerned in the matter of conduct of its business – Ravi Dhingra Vs. State of NCT of Delhi and Anr. – Supreme Court
The law enunciated in the decision in Ashok Shewakramani & Ors. Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr. (2023) ibclaw.in 87 SC is that to maintain a complaint and to frame a charge under Section 138 of the NI Act, there must be a specific averment against the person concerned that he was in-charge of, and responsible for the company concerned in the matter of conduct of its business. This position is now well settled and is being followed with alacrity.