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Umesh Kumar Verma v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and Another

Allahabad HC2 Apr 2025A482/2465/2025

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Section 482 Cr.P.C.; Section 528 B.N.S.S.; summoning order dated 04.04.2024; counterblast complaint; Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act; cheque dishonour Rs. 60,900/-; blank cheque as security; pesticide supplier; Vikas Evam Krishi Sewa Kendra; business relationship; chances of settlement; notice to respondent No. 2; personal appearance of parties; interim listing 24.04.2025; Umesh Kumar Verma; State of U.P.; Alok Mathur J.; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench.

What did the court decide?

No substantive relief at this interim stage; the Section 482/528 challenge to the summoning order remains undecided. Interim directions only: notice to respondent No. 2, listing for 24.04.2025, and personal appearance of applicant and respondent No. 2 in view of prospective settlement. ¶9

Umesh Kumar Verma vs State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home… — Cheque Dishonour | Allahabad HC (2025)

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Issue for consideration

Whether the summoning order dated 04.04.2024, said to have been passed on a complaint that is a counterblast to the applicant's Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act case between parties sharing a business relationship, can be sustained, in an application under Section 482 Cr.P.C./Section 528 B.N.S.S., with counsel indicating chances of settlement.

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Ratio / Principle

Notice was directed to be issued to respondent No. 2.

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Key takeaways

In view of the parties' business relationship and the joint submission of counsel that there are chances of settlement, the case was listed for 24.04.2025.ratio¶9
On the listing date, the applicant and respondent No. 2 were directed to appear in person before the Court.ratio¶10

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Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Court No. 12) — Alok Mathur, J. — Application U/S 482 No. 2465 of 2025 (order dated 02.04.2025): Umesh Kumar Verma, under Section 482 Cr.P.C./Section 528 B.N.S.S., assailed the summoning order dated 04.04.2024 passed on the basis of a complaint by a party to whom he supplied pesticides and who runs a Vikas Evam Krishi Sewa Kendra. The complaint arose after a cheque of Rs. 60,900/- submitted by the applicant was dishonoured and the applicant lodged a Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act case against the complainant; the instant complaint is described as a counterblast. Learned counsel for the parties jointly submitted that, given the subsisting business relationship, there were chances of settlement. The Court accordingly directed notice to respondent No. 2 and listed the matter for 24.04.2025, directing the applicant and respondent No. 2 to appear in person. The Section 482 challenge itself stands undecided at this interim stage.

Umesh Kumar Verma v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and Another

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