A.F.R.

Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC:14247 Court No. - 93 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 45953 of 2023 Applicant :- Rajendra Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Sunil Kumar,Chandan Singh,Narendra Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

Hon'ble Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal,J.

1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Padmakar Rai, learned AGA for the State.

2. The present application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed to quash the summoning order dated 09.11.2022 as well as the entire proceedings of Complaint Case No.3721 of 2022 (Shiv Prakash Tiwari Vs. Rajendra), under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act, 1881'), Police Station- Nagirabad, District- Kanpur Nagar, pending in the court of learned Metropolitan Magistrate, VIII, Kanpur Nagar.

3. The learned counsel for the applicant contends that the impugned complaint is itself defective as the same was filed before the expiration of 15 days from the date of service of notice. It is further contended by learned counsel for the applicant that after bouncing the cheque on 13.07.2022, legal notice was sent to the applicant by the opposite party no.2