ORDER

R.K. Dash, J. - M/s. Sterling Novelty Products, Moradabad (U.P.) is a partnership firm of which Mrs. Jagdish Kaur W 10 Gurbaksh Singh, Mrs. Jasleen Kaur W 10 Arvinder Pal Singh and Master Uvraj Singh are the partners. The aforesaid firm is engaged in export business in handicrafts, brass wares, textiles and aluminium items at Moradabad since 1992. International Gifts Ltd. is a company at Ontario, Canada and Gurcharan Singh petitioner herein is the President of the said company. M/s. Sterling Noyelty Products through its partner Uvraj Singh represented by his natural guardian Arvinder Pal Singh filed a complaint before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Moradabad bearing Case No. 852/9 of 1999 under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") and Sections 406 and 420 I.P.C. arraying International Gifts Ltd. and its President Gurcharan Singh as accused.

2. The case of the complainant, in short, is that the firm (M/s. Sterling Novelty Products) supplied brass wares and textiles to the accused persons which were duly received by them. Towards payment thereof, they issued post dated cheques No. 001530 dt. 15-2-1999 of worth $ 85,959.20 and