1. The second accused in C.C.No.493/2008 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate-II, Erode has come forward with the present petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C for quashing the said criminal proceedings so far as the petitioner is concerned.

2. The above said case, namely C.C.No.493/2008 was instituted on the file of the Judicial Magistrate-II, Erode against the wife of the petitioner herein (A1) and the petitioner herein(A2) for an alleged offence punishable under Section 138 r/w Section 142 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The respondent herein preferred a private complaint on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate-II, Erode against the wife of the petitioner herein and the petitioner herein arraying them as A1 and A2 respectively. It has been alleged in the complaint that the petitioner herein, being the authorised signatory of his wife, who is running a proprietary concern in the name and style of M/s.Darshini Fabrics, issued a cheque dated 21.06.2007 bearing No.439765 drawn on the account of the above said proprietary concern maintained with ING VYSYA bank for a sum of Rs.25,000/- in favour of the respondent herein for the discharge of a debt/liab