JUDGMENT :

(Karunesh Singh Pawar, J.)

1. Heard Shri Shiv Sagar Singh learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned A.G.A. for the State.

2. Notices to respondent no. 2 are dispensed with.

3. Through this petition, the petitioner has challenged the impugned order dated 11.10.2021 passed by the Presiding Officer, Additional Court, Saharanpur in complaint case No. 877 of 2018 (Praveen Singh Vs. Man Singh), under Section 138 of N.I. Act, P.S. Sadar Bazar, District Saharanpur whereby the petitioner has been summoned for facing trail for an offence under Section 138 N.I. Act with regard to dishonor of alleged cheque dated 28.03.2018.

4. Brief facts of the case are that in order to discharge a legal recoverable debt or liability a cheque No. 004565 dated 28.03.2018 to the tune of Rs. 1,00,000/- was issued in favour of the complainant by the accused, the cheque was presented by the complainant in his bank account No. 3463556822, Central Bank of India, Naveen Nagar, Saharanpur for encashment. The cheque was returned back unpaid with an endorsement of the bank that payment stopped by the drawer. Again the cheque was presented by the complainant in his bank for encashment in his account, however, the same was again dishonoured on 25.06.2018 and the information regarding dishonouring of cheque was received by the complainant on 28.06.2018. The payment was again stopped by the drawer as per memo of the bank. The complainant thus issued a legal notice dated 07.07.2018 to the accused on his residential address through registered post which was evaded by the accused in collusion with the postal employees by mentioning an endorsement that the accused does not reside on this address. The second notice was sent by the complainant on 27.07.2018 through registered post which was also returned by the accused and was received by the complainant on 01.08.2018 and then on 20.08.2018, a complaint was filed by the complaint before the learned court below.

5. Earlier in the case under Section 138 of N.I. Act, vide order dated 17.1.2019, the learned trial court summoned the accused. Against that order, the accused filed a criminal revision No. 143/2019 "Man Singh Vs. State of U.P" which was allowed vide order dated 19.10.2019 by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Court No. 6, Saharanpur and the order dated 17.01.2019 was set aside. The relevant part of the order passed by the Revisional Court is extracted below:-

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i~jLrqr QkStnkjh fuxjkuh Lohdkj dh tkrh gSA fo}ku voj U;k;ky; }kjk ikfjr vkns'k fnukafdr 17-01-2019 fujLr fd;k tkr