Judgment

Mr. Harkesh Manuja, J.

By way of present petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., prayer has been made for quashing of the impugned order dated 14.11.2023 passed by the Court of Ld. S.D.J.M, Safidon, whereby an application filed at the instance of the petitioner for sending the cheque in question to Forensic Lab CBI, Delhi, so as to ascertain the age of Ink of particular given on cheque has been dismissed.

2. In the present case, on account of dishounour of cheque dated 15.07.2018, the respondent filed a complaint against the petitioner invoking the provision under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 (hereinafter referred as NI Act). In the aforesaid complaint, the petitioner was served notice of the accusation on 20.11.2018 and the matter was posted for complainant’s evidence on 18.04.2019 which culminated on 21.09.2023. Thereafter, the proceedings were fixed for recording the evidence of the petitioner-accused. On the second date, the petitioner moved an application for issuance of direction to send the cheque in question to Forensic Lab CBI, Delhi, so as to ascertain the age of the Ink used thereupon as the advance facilities were available there only.

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