Supreme Court Orders Payment of Check Amount and Interest in Bounce Case

Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has ordered that the amount written on the check (principal amount) and its interest must be paid to the victim in a check bounce case. A joint bench of Justices Kumar Regmi and Balkrishna Dhakal issued the order, overturning the decision of the Patan High Court.

Shakuntala Khadka, a resident of Kathmandu Metropolitan City-32, had provided two checks (4 lakh and 5 lakh) to the defendant Sangeeta Thapa for a sum of 9 lakh rupees that she had lent to Thapa at various times. These checks from Citizens Bank and Infrastructure Development Bank were returned with a 'return slip' due to insufficient funds in the account.