MOOL CHAND GARG, J.

1. By this petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Petitioner seeks quashing of summoning order dated 29.01.2005 and criminal complaint bearing no. 95/1/2004 pending in the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate Patiala House New Delhi, filed by the respondent u/s 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 hereinafter referred to as (NI Act), against the petitioner on account of dishonoring of the cheque issued by the petitioner, for which payment was not made despite service of the notice within the stipulated time. The complaint was filed within the time prescribed. The petitioner caused appearance in response to the issuance of summons on 02.05.2005. This petition has been filed on 24.01.2009.

2. It is the case of the petitioner that the impugned order lacks application of mind as the summoning order dated 29.01.2005 is a stereotyped-one and has been issued in a cyclostyled format. It is also his case that the complaint has been filed in respect of a debt which is not legally enforceable and that the complaint is even otherwise not maintainable as the respondents were not competent are registered under Section 4 of the Punjab Registratio

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