JANARDAN NIRMAN PVT LTD Vs. ERA INFRA ENGINEERING LTD & ANR
LAWS(CAL)-2017-8-113
HIGH COURT OF CALCUTTA
Decided on August 04,2017

Janardan Nirman Pvt Ltd Appellant
VERSUS
Era Infra Engineering Ltd And Anr Respondents

JUDGEMENT

Debi Prosad Dey, J. - (1.) In spite of service of notice none appears on behalf of the opposite parties. The affidavit of service filed by the petitioner shall be retained with the records. Challenge in this revisional application is the order dated 3rd November, 2014 of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bidhannagar in c case no. 2260 of 2014 (GR no. 369 of 2014) wherein and where under learned Magistrate has issued summons against the petitioner and other accused persons after examining the representative of complainant under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act.
(2.) Being aggrieved by and dis-satisfied with such order the petitioner has filed this revisional application on the ground that the petition of complaint is barred by the Law of Limitation in terms of the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court Shibgiri Associates and Ors. Vs. Matso Mineral (India) Pvt. Ltd., 2015 1 Crimes(SC) 73 and for non-compliance of the mandatory provision of law as contemplated under Section 202 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
(3.) The complainant company having its office at 153 Ground Floor, Lila House Okhla Industrial Estate- III New Delhi- 110020 and it's head office at C 56/41, Sector- 62, Noida Goutam Budha Bihar, Uttar Pradesh gave some equipment to the petitioner against rental charges and the petitioners accordingly issued two cheques of Rs.16,00000/-(Sixteen Lakhs) and Rs.5,00000/-(Five Lakhs) each drawn on Punjab National Bank, Sector-III, Salt Lake Calcutta- 700106 towards discharge of their part liability. The said cheques were presented for encashment with Axis Bank at Noida but the cheques were dishonoured with the remarks "payment stopped by drawer". Legal notices were duly served upon the petitioner and thereafter a petition of complaint was filed in the Court of Additional Chief Judicial magistrate, District Courts at Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Goutam Budha Nagar however directed for return of such petition of complaint in terms of the decision of Hon'ble Supreme Court (Dasarot Rupra Singh Rathore Vs. State of Maharashtra) and directed the complainant to present the said petition of complaint before appropriate Court having jurisdiction.;


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