Cheque Bounce Notice Draft — Demand Under Section 138

From:
[Your Full Name]
[Full Address]
[Mobile] / [Email]

Date: [Date]

REGISTERED POST A.D. / SPEED POST

To,
[Name of Drawer]
[Full Address]

Subject: Notice of demand under Section 138 of the Negotiable
         Instruments Act, 1881 — dishonour of your Cheque No. [___]
         for ₹[Amount]

Sir/Madam,

1. In discharge of your legally enforceable liability of ₹[Amount]
   towards me on account of [state reason — goods supplied vide Bill
   No. [___] / hand loan given on [Date] / rent due / services], you
   issued to me Cheque No. [___] dated [Date] for ₹[Amount] (Rupees
   [in words] only), drawn on [Bank Name, Branch], from your Account
   No. [___].

2. I deposited the said cheque in my account with [Bank Name, Branch]
   on [Date] for collection.

3. The cheque was dishonoured and returned unpaid by my banker vide
   Return Memo dated [Date] with the reason "[Funds Insufficient /
   Account Closed / Payment Stopped]". A photocopy of the return memo
   is enclosed.

4. By the said dishonour you have committed an offence under Section 138
   of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

5. I hereby call upon you to pay me the said sum of ₹[Amount] (Rupees
   [in words] only) WITHIN FIFTEEN (15) DAYS of receipt of this notice.
   Should you fail to pay within the said period, I shall be compelled
   to file a criminal complaint against you under Section 138 of the
   Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 before the competent Magistrate,
   and to recover the amount with interest and costs, for which you
   alone shall be responsible.

                                          Yours faithfully,


                                          ____________________
                                          [Your Name]

Encl.: 1. Copy of dishonoured Cheque No. [___]
       2. Copy of Cheque Return Memo dated [Date]