The legal notice was indeed sent within 30 days of the cheque bouncing for insufficient funds. So now, I have to concentrate on the merits of the case which are very strong owing to the facts that the chequebook was more than 5 years old, taken without authorization from me and without my knowledge (virtually a theft case and misappropriation of my property), all the entries in it like payee name, date, amount etc: were just filled in without my knowledge/authorization (case for 420), there is no basis/reason for the fictitious friendly loan claimed by the complainant (complainant never had any income, living off his father's wealth). I have replied to the legal notice and filed a police complaint. Now waiting to see if a 138 case is filed against me, which I will vigorously defend tooth and nail with the facts versus fiction of the complainant. Kindly post any links to judgments which will help my case.