Dr. S. Muralidhar, I. - These are four revision petitions filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) seeking the quashing of Complaint Case Nos. 177 /2003,178/2003,179/2003,180/2003 titled Smt. Shikha Batra through her Husband/Attorney v. Smt. Taruna Batra and the summoning order dated 13th November, 2003 passed by the Metropolitan Magistrate (MM), New Delhi summoning the petitioner for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (N.I.

Act).

Background facts

2. The complainant Smt. Shikha Batra is the sister-in-law of the Petitioner Smt. Tarun Batra. In other words, Smt. Taruna Batra is the wife of the brother of Smt. Shikha Batra. The marriage took place on 14th April, 2000 after which the Petitioner began residing in her matrimonial home.

According to the Petitioner, soon after the marriage her husband got a bank account opened in her name in Canara Bank, Janpath Branch, New Delhi and obtained her signatures on several blank cheques stating that he wanted to utilise them for business purposes. The Petitioner obliged by signing all those cheques.

3. It is averred in the petition that the Petitioners husband and other fam