Gd Enterprises Telecommunication and Another v. State of U.P. and Another
Negotiable Instruments Act – Dishonour of cheque
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Allahabad High Court (Court No. 73), Vikas Budhwar, J.; Application U/S 482 No. 24519 of 2024; neutral citation 2025:AHC:50899; decided 8.4.2025. Applicants Gd Enterprises Telecommunication and another sought quashing of Complaint Case No.3141 of 2023 (Govind Agarwal Vs. G.D. Enterprise, Tele Communications and another) and summoning order dt. 15.04.2024 under Section 138 N.I. Act (P.S. Kamla Nagar, District Agra; ACJM Court No. 7, Agra), arising from a cheque of Rs. 10,00,000/- drawn 03.11.2022, dishonoured 04.11.2022, re-presented 23.12.2022 and dishonoured 26.12.2022, notice 26.01.2023, complaint 02.03.2023. Held: balance-sheet omission, absence of mode-of-loan recital and account-closure contention are trial defences, not examinable at this stage; applicants did not dispute the cheque belonging to their account. Application rejected. Keywords: S.482 Cr.P.C., S.138 N.I. Act, quashing, premature adjudication of defences, cheque dishonour, summoning order, Agra.