JUDGMENT

Jasjit Singh Bedi, J. (Oral) - The prayer in the present petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is for setting aside the order dated 26.07.2022 passed by the Additional Session Judge, Gurugram (Annexure P-2) in a criminal complaint bearing No.NACT/629/2020 dated 08.01.2020 titled as 'M/s Baba Jagta Shuttering Pvt. Ltd. versus Salim Chohan' (Annexure P-3) vide which the order dated 09.05.2022 (Annexure P-4) passed by the Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Gurugram, allowing an application under Section 143-A of the Negotiable Instruments Act for paying interim compensation has been affirmed.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the complainant-respondent company is in the business of supplying scaffoldings and shuttering material.

As per the complaint, the complainant-company (respondent No.2) supplied the material to the petitioner-accused company from time to time. In partial discharge of its legal liability, a cheque bearing No.373913 dated 25.10.2019 for a sum of Rs.77,25,000/- was issued by the petitioner-accused company. The said cheque was dishonoured leading to the initiation of proceedings under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short 'the Act'), the filing of the