JUDGMENT

Jasjit Singh Bedi, J. - The prayer in the present petition is for quashing of the order dated 26.05.2017 (Annexure P-1) passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Chandigarh, whereby the application of the petitioner-accused to examine a handwriting expert in her defence has been rejected and the order dated 09.08.2017 (Annexure P-2), whereby the aforementioned order has been upheld.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner was summoned in a complaint case No.2649 of 2014. As per the contends of the complaint, the petitioner-accused had handed over a cheque for an amounting of Rs.39,46,500/- to the complainant and on presentation of the same, the said cheque was dishonoured leading to the summoning of the petitioner.

3. The trial was proceeding in the aforementioned complaint and the case was fixed for leading of defence evidence more particularly, the cross-examination of defence witness as DW-3.

4. The petitioner-accused moved an application for seeking the report of a handwriting expert in respect of the cheque in dispute. The case of the petitioner-accused was that she was an illiterate lady, who signed in Hindi and the said disputed cheque had bee