joint account holders, liability of—Scope—Complainant had allegedly provided a loan to the accused-lady (applicant) and her husband/co-accused—Accused and her husband/co-accused issued cheques to the complainant from a joint account —Said cheques were dishonoured—Court below directed the Magistrate to issue process against the accused for joining her in the trial—Complainant contended that accused was negotiating for the loan and wrote a letter to the Bank for stopping payments of cheques, therefore, she shared the common intention with her husband/co-accused to cheat the complainant—Accused contended that she had no concern with the business of her husband/co-accused, and that she neither obtained any loan from the complainant nor issued any cheques to him—Validity—Accused was nominated in the F.I.R. and she had a joint account with her husband/co-accused—Facts and circumstances of the case fully connected the accused with the commission of the alleged offence
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