Criminal Misc. No.M-15090 of 2008 (O&M). -1- In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh. Criminal Misc. No.M-15090 of 2008 (O&M). Date of decision : 14.7.2008 Yashpal ..... Petitioner. vs. Narinder Verma ..... Respondent. Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal. Present: Mr.D.K.Bhatti, Advocate, for the petitioner. Rajesh Bindal J. Challenge in the present petition is to the order passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Jalandhar, dated 17.4.2008 whereby the application filed by the petitioner under Section 311 Cr.P.C. for recalling the complainant for further cross-examination was dismissed. The petitioner is an accused in a complaint filed by the respondent under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. From the facts on record, it is evident that evidence of the respondent/ complainant was closed on 15.2.2006 and the statement of the accused was also recorded on 11.3.2006 and thereafter, the case remained pending for defence evidence but inspite of number of opportunities, the evidence was not led. The application was filed for recalling the respondent/ complainant for further cross-examination relying upon an order passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (Adhoc), Jalandhar, dated 24.5.2007, whereby in an appeal against the conviction in another complaint filed against the petitioner, the matter was compromised. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that in fact the matter was compromised with regard to all the cheques and this fact is to be put to the respondent/ complainant in further cross-examination. A perusal of the order passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (Adhoc) dated 24.5.2007 does not suggest any such thing as is sought to be projected by the petitioner. It is specifically recorded in the Criminal Misc. No.M-15090 of 2008 (O&M). -2- order that the respondent therein had received the cheque amount from the accused. For the reasons mentioned above, I do not find any merit in this petition. The same is hereby dismissed. 14.7.2008 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge