SC:'House Locked' remark on Notice when sent by registered post is good service.

SC:'House Locked' remark on Notice when sent by registered post is good service.

_Cheque bounce cases. When notice sent by registered post returned with postal endorsement "house locked", "not available in the house", "house locked", "shop closed", "addressee not in station" "intimation served, addressee absent" etc, the requirement of Section 138 is complied with. Section 27 of the General Clauses invoked to raise the presumption of service of notice once notice is sent by registered post by correctly addressing to the drawer of the cheque. The accused may rebut the presumption later.

_Case:_
_*N. Parameshwara Unni Vs. G.Kannan and another.

_Citation:_
_*(2017) 5 SCC 737.*_