IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc.505-M of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : NOVEMBER 25, 2008 JASWANT SINGH ....... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS M/S SHIV LAL PAWAN KUMAR & ANR. .... RESPONDENT(S) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: Mr. Gaurav Mohunta, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). None for respondents. AJAI LAMBA, J. (Oral) This petition under Section 482, Code of Criminal Procedure, seeks quashing of a complaint filed for commission of offence under Section 138, Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, and the order of summoning. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that in the year 2001, the petitioner had lost/misplaced his cheque book. The cheque in question was presented in the year 2003. It would be a defence available to the petitioner to be taken before the trial court at the time of trial. No ground for interference in these proceedings under Section 482, Code of Criminal Procedure, is made out. It is made clear that various pleas taken in this petition would be available to the petitioner during the course of trial. The petition is dismissed. November 25, 2008 ( AJAI LAMBA ) Kang JUDGE