law: Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 
  42. Acceptance of bill drawn in fictitious name 
  An acceptor of a bill of exchange drawn in a fictitious name and
  
  payable to the drawer's order is not, by reason that such name is fictitious,
  
  relieved from liability to any holder in due course claiming under an
  
  endorsement by the same hand as the drawer's signature, and purporting to be
  
  made by the drawer.