IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:- 07.11.2025 RAVI KUMAR BHATEJA & ANOTHER ......Petitioners Vs.

M/S NAV TRADING COMPANY ......Respondent CORAM:- HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present:- Mr. Sandeep Arora, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Vivek Sahiya, Advocate and Mr. Anirudh Kaushal, Advocate for Mr. B.S. Sudan, Advocate for the respondent.

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JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J.

The prayer in the present petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is for quashing of the complaint No. NACT-216 of 2022 dated 12.07.2022 (Annexure P-1) titled as ‘Nav Trading Company vs. M/s Durga Rice Mills and others’ under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, the summoning order dated 12.07.2022 (Annexure P-2) passed by Judicial Magistrate 1^st Class, Patti, Distt. Tarn Taran vide which petitioners have been summoned to face trial under Section 138 of the Act along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the accused namely Robin Batra the working partner/authorized signatory of the accused partnership concern M/s Durga Rice Mills of which accused Nos.3 & 4 (including petitioner Nos.1 and 2 who are accused Nos.3 and 4