If a person committing fraud under Sections 341 to 345 commits the offence by impersonating another person or by taking advantage of the feebleness of mind of the person deceived, which is the cause of obtaining property in excess of what would normally be the case, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding five years or fined not exceeding one hundred thousand Baht, or both.
The defendant issued multiple checks to the complainant in payment for goods, knowing at the time of issuance that there were insufficient funds in the account to honor the checks. When the checks were presented for payment, they were dishonored. The Supreme Court convicted the defendant of fraud under Section 341 in conjunction with the aggravated fraud provision of Section 348. The Court held that knowingly issuing checks without sufficient funds, with the intent to deceive the payee into parting with property in reliance on the checks, constitutes fraud. The use of checks as an instrument of deception constitutes an aggravating factor. The defendant's knowledge of insufficient funds at the time of issuance was established through evidence of the account balance.
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