RANJEET CHAUHAN Vs. RAVINDER SINGH THAKUR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The present petition, under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, has been maintained by the petitioner for quashing and setting aside the proceedings pending before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kinnaur Camp at Rampur, District Shimla, in Case No.158 of 2015, under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, titled Ravinder Singh Thakur vs. Ranjeet Chauhan.

(2.) The key facts, giving rise to the present petition are that the complainant-respondent (hereinafter referred to as 'complainant') is an agriculturist and having his own orchard and the respondent-petitioner (hereinafter referred as 'respondent') is running a business of sale and purchase of fruit and vegetables.

(3.) By way of the present petition, petitioner has come before this Court for quashing the complaint on the ground that the complaint was time barred, no notice was duly served upon the respondent and the complaint is premature and the learned Court at Rampur Bushehar, has no jurisdiction to try the case.