Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J.

Heard Mr. Sandeep Tandon, Advocate for the petitioner and Mr. Amit Bhatt, Addl. GA for the State. None appeared for the respondent no. 2 despite being served personally.

2. By means of this petition, moved under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, CrPC), the petitioner has prayed for quashing the summoning order dated 22.5.2004 passed by the Addl. Civil Judge Ist (Jr. Div.)/J.M., Dehradun in Complaint Case No. 1331 of 2004 (Old No. 14/2004), Manish Kumar v. Ravindra Pal Singh & Ors. Under Section 420 IPC.

3. Facts, in brief, are that the respondent no. 2 lodged a complaint against the petitioner and other co-accused before the Court of CJM, Dehradun stating that Ravindra Pal Singh and Davindra Pal Singh are brothers who induced the complainant/respondent no. 2 that they can get him a job in foreign country which will cost about Rs. 3,20,000/-. The complainant agreed to the offer for his better future. On 1.3.2003, when the complainant met Ravindra Pal Singh and Davindra Pal Singh at their residence, they asked him to give Rs. 3100/- for obtaining the NOC from the Income-tax Department. The complainant gave them Rs. 3100/- as