Shri Kant Tripathi, J.—By the instant petition under section 482 Cr.P.C the petitioner Arun Chawla has prayed for quashing the proceedings of the criminal case No. 6736 of 2007, State v. Arun Chawla and others (case crime No. 516-B of 1999) under Sections 406,420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B IPC, police station Hazratganj. district Lucknow, pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate -II, Lucknow.

2. I have heard Mr. Satyendra Kumar Singh, the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned AGA for the State of U.P and the learned counsel appearing for the opposite party No.2 Smt. Neeru Tripathi and perused the record.

3. The opposite party No. 2 Smt. Neeru Tripathi made a fixed deposit of Rs. Fifty thousand with M/s Rock Land Leasing Limited having its zonal office at 81. Halwasiya Market, 2nd Floor, Hazaratganj, Lucknow which issued post-dated cheques in her favour regarding the maturity amount of the fixed deposit. When the opposite party No.2 tendered the cheques to her banker for encashment the same were dishonoured. It is also alleged that the opposite party No.2 visited several times to the office of the company but no attempt was made by the officers and employees of the c