JUDGMENT

1. The present petition is filed under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as “the Code”) to quash the criminal complaint titled as Lava International Ltd. V Fanatic System Pvt. Ltd. & others bearing CC no. 16578/2017 filed by the respondent no.2 under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter referred to as “NI Act”) which was Signature Not Verified CRL.M.C. 2359/2019 & CRL.M.A. 37450/2019 Page 1 of 22 Digitally Signed stated to be pending in the court of Ms. Ambika Singh, Metropolitan Magistrate-02, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi/successor court (hereinafter referred to as the “trial court”).

2. The respondent no.2 filed a complaint titled as Lava International Ltd. V Fanatic System Pvt. Ltd. & others bearing CC no. 16578/2017 under section 138 of the NI Act implicating 5 accused therein including the petitioner as accused no.4. The respondent no.2 pleaded that the accused no.1 is a private limited company and is engaged in the business of trading and manufacturing of mobile handsets and the accused nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5 are the Directors/ Additional Directors of the accused no. 1 and are liable for the day to d