Headway Enterprises Thru. Its Partner Anand Kumar Pandey and 5 Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy./Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Cheque dishonour complaint under Sections 138 NI Act (C.C. No. 61210 of 2025, Deep Fincap Private Limited Versus Headway Enterprises and others, P.S. Vikas Nagar, Lucknow); quashing application under Section 528 BNSS / Section 482 Cr.P.C. before the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench; quashing refused — no manifest illegality, jurisdictional error or abuse of process; application not pressed on merits and disposed of; liberty to compound the offence per Damodar S. Prabhu vs. Sayed Babalal H., 2010 (5) SCC 663, Magistrate to decide within three months; three-month stay of coercive steps; bailable warrant of Rs. 20,000/- dated 19.12.2025; coram Brij Raj Singh, J.; decided 16.02.2026.
What did the court decide?
Quashing declined; application disposed of in terms of the Court's orders: applicants to appear before the Magistrate within three weeks and may move an application to compound the offence per the principles in Damodar S. Prabhu, to be decided by the Magistrate within three months; failing which the trial proceeds with all defences open; no coercive steps against the applicants for three months.