Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
128. Payment in due course of crossed cheque
Where the banker on whom a crossed cheque is drawn has paid the
same in due course, the banker paying the cheque, and (in case such cheque has
come to the hands of the payee) the drawer thereof, shall respectively be
entitled to the same rights, and be placed in the same position in all
respects, as they would respectively be entitled to and placed in if the amount
of the cheque had been paid to and received by the true owner thereof.