In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Criminal Misc. No.M-33409 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 15.11.2010 Harbans Lal Sharma ......Petitioner Versus Tarsem Lal .......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr.K.C.Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. **** SABINA, J. This petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of complainant under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 filed by the respondent i.e. Complaint No.8693 of 2008 dated 20.3.2008 (Annexure P-1) qua the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the complaint in question was liable to be quashed against the petitioner as there was no material against the petitioner during trial. In support of his arguments, learned counsel has placed reliance on Smt.Bandeep Kaur vs. S.Avneet Singh (2008)2 PLR 796; Gita Berry vs. Genesis Educational Foundation 151 (2008) DLT 155 and Kurapati Nageswara Gupta and another etc. vs. Madam Sekhar and another 2004(1) ALD (Crl.)183. After hearing learned counsel for the petitioner, I am of Criminal Misc. No.M-33409 of 2010 (O&M) -2- the opinion that no ground for quashing of the complaint is made out. The complainant has closed his evidence during trial and now the case is listed for defence evidence hence, at this stage, it would not be appropriate or in the interest of justice to scrutinize the statements made by the witnesses during trial. The trial Court is already seized of the matter and shall decide the complaint on the basis of evidence available on record. No ground for interference by this Court is made out. The judgments relied upon by learned counsel for the petitioner fail to advance the case of the petitioner as these are based on different facts. Accordingly, this petition is dismissed. (SABINA) JUDGE November 15, 2010 anita