2025:UHC:2643 Reserved j udgm ent I N THE HI GH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAI NI TAL CRIMINAL MISC. APPLICATION No.1489 of 2021 Vinay Pandey ......Applicant Vs.

State of Uttarakhand & another …..Respondents Presence Mr. S.K. Mandal, learned counsel for the applicant.

Ms. Manisha Rana Singh, learned AGA for the State of Uttarakhand.

Mr. Yogesh Pant, Mr. H.M. Bhatia, learned counsels for the respondent no.2.

Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J ( Oral)

This application under Section 482 CrPC has been filed by the applicant seeking quashing of Complaint Case No. 899/2021 under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter “N.I. Act”), pending before the learned ACJM, Khatima, along with the summoning order dated 11.10.2021.

2. The case arises from the alleged dishonour of Cheque No. 232022, dated 01.11.2020, drawn on Almora Urban Cooperative Bank, Khatima Branch, for ₹10,40,000/-, purportedly issued by the applicant in discharge of a legally enforceable debt. The cheque was dishonoured with the endorsement “Payment Stopped by Drawer” on 29.05.2021.

3. Legal notice dated 15.06.2021 was issued by the complainant (respondent no. 2), demanding payment within 15 days. Upon failure to compl