C482 No. 181of 2006 Hon’ble P.C. Pant, J Shri L.K. Tiwari, Advocate, present for the petitioner. Heard. By means of this petition moved under section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure (for short Cr.P.C) 1973, the petitioner has sought quashing of the proceedings of criminal complaint no. 1518 of 2004, Sushant Nayak vs. P.N. Dutt, relating to offence punishable under section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate-I, Dehradun. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that petitioner was not served with the valid notice as such, the proceedings challenged, are not tenable. In this connection, attention of this Court is drawn to Annexure-3 to the petition which is a photocopy of carbon copy of the notice dated 18.11.2002, sent by the counsel of the complainant/respondent no. 2 Perusal of the said document clearly suggests that the original of the notice was sent by registered post to the petitioner. Merely for the reason that in the carbon copy signatures are not there it cannot be said whether the original which was sent to the petitioner borne the signature of the counsel or not. As such, this Court does not find any sufficient reason to interfere with the proceedings of the criminal complaint no. 1518 of 2004, Sushant Nayak vs. P.N. Dutt, relating to offence punishable under section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate-I, Dehradun. Therefore, without prejudice to the rights of the parties the petition under section 482 of Cr.P.C, is dismissed with the observation that the petitioner may take the plea of the defence before the trial court. Registry is directed to inform the court concerned. (P.C.P,J) PV 19.05.2010