(1.) Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and, with the consent of the counsels for the parties, heard finally.
(2.) This application under sec. 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 seeks to quash and set aside the order of issue of process dtd. 26/6/2019 for an offence punishable under sec. 138 read with 141 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, 58th Court, Bandra, Mumbai in CC No. 25/SS/2019, qua the applicants.
(3.) Shorn of superfluities, the background facts leading to this application, can be stated as under:-