P. Sam Koshy

1. The petitioners through the instant writ petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. have sought for relief of quashment of the Complaint Case No. 236 of 2011 pending before the Court of JMFC, Raipur to the extent so far as the petitioners are concerned. The brief relevant facts for adjudication of the petition are that respondent No. 1-Keshav Das R. Jadwani filed a complaint case before the JMFC, Raipur stating that he in the capacity of A-4 category Government contractor had received certain contracts from respondent No. 3 firm, i.e., M/s. Dewanshi Construction Partnership Firm relating to construction work and road construction. According to the complainant, respondent No. 3 firm of which respondent No. 2-Subhash Chandra Roy as well as all the present petitioners were active partners had made a part payment of ` 4,70,000 by way of a cheque bearing No. 795914 on 8-12-2010 for the said construction work carried by the complainant. According to the complainant/respondent No. 1, the said cheque was put for clearance in his State Bank of India account at Telebandha Branch, Raipur and the said Bank gave an intimation that the payment could not be cleared because of insuf