(1.) This petition takes exception to the order passed by the learned trial Magistrate dated 19.09.2016, whereby the application filed by the petitioner under Sec. 258 Crimial P.C. in proceedings under Sec. 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act (for short the 'N.I. Act'), came to be dismissed.
(2.) However, the moot question is whether the provisions of Sec. 258 Crimial P.C. for stopping all the proceedings are applicable to the proceedings initiated under Sec. 138 of the N. I. Act.
(3.) Sec. 258 Crimial P.C. reads as under:-