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JUDGMENT

REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1523

OF 2014

[Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Crl.)No.8783 of 2013]

M/s. Ajeet Seeds Ltd.

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Appellant

Vs.

K. Gopala Krishnaiah

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Respondent

J U D G M E N T

(SMT.) RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI, J.

1.

Leave granted.

2.

The appellant is the complainant. He has challenged

the judgment and order dated 21/03/2013 passed by the

High Court of Judicature of Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad in

Criminal Writ Petition No.1131 of 2012 whereby the High

Court has quashed the complaint filed by him under Section

138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (‘the NI Act’)

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being SCC No. 4118 of 2007 in the court of Chief Judicial

Magistrate, First Class, Aurangabad.

3.

For the purpose of disposal of this appeal, it is not

necessary to narrate all the facts of the case. Suffice it to

say that the complaint was filed alleging that the cheque

issued by the respondent-accused for repayment of a legally

recoverable debt bounced. On 17/6/2011 learned Magistrate

issued process. The respondent-accused filed a criminal

revision application