1. This is a petition under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 filed for quash of criminal proceeding arising from Crime No.218/2005 of P.S. Narsinghpur, District Narsinghpur pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Narsinghpur parties being State of Madhya Pradesh v. Arun Kumar and another . The petitioner is the accused No.2 before the learned trial Court. The petitioner is a resident of New Delhi and at the time of filing this petition, was the President and CEO of Quipo Infrastructure Equipment Ltd. (known earlier as Indian Infrastructure Equipment Ltd.). It is also stated therein that the said company is a body corporate, duly registered under the relevant provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, and having its registered office at New Delhi and is involved in the of business of renting infrastructure equipment/vehicles.

2. It is the case of the respondent No.1 that on 4.3.2005, at about 4:00 a.m., a Roller Machine (Ingersoll Rand Model RTR-220), which was being used by M/s. Tapi Prestress Products Ltd., in the construction of a road between Narsinghpur and Gotegaon, was alleged to have been driven negligently by its driver Arun Kumar Kahar