MANJIT SINGH Vs. SATISH KUMAR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) IN this petition under Section 482, Code of Criminal Procedure, the criminal complaint (Annexure P-1) filed by the respondent Satish Kumar against the petitioners Manjit Singh and Harbans Sing, as also the summoning order (Annexure P-2) issued by the Judicial Magistrate I Class, Hissar, in pursuance thereof are sought to be quashed.

(2.) THE respondent Satish Kumar filed the impugned criminal complaint alleging that on the request of the petitioners he advanced Rs 5000/- and a gold ring valuing Rs. 2,000/- to them on February 6, 1985 and they promised to return the amount of Rs. 7,000/- to him within a short period. It is said that the petitioners did not pay him the amount and after putting him off for a considerable time finally refused to do so. Upon this complaint, after recording preliminary evidence, the learned Judicial Magistrate I Class, Hissar, summoned the petitioners to face trial under Sections 406 and 420, Indian Penal Code.