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Issues: (i) Whether the petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 seeking quashing of the summoning order in the complaint under Sections 138 and 142 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 should be entertained or the petitioner should be relegated to the trial court; (ii) whether the petitioner was entitled to interim protection from personal appearance until the trial court passed an order at the stage of notice under Section 251 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
Issue (i): Whether the petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 seeking quashing of the summoning order in the complaint under Sections 138 and 142 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 should be entertained or the petitioner should be relegated to the trial court.
Analysis: The petition assailed the summoning order on the basis that the cheque was not issued towards liability and that the complaint was not maintainable. The Court relied on the principle that in a summons trial the trial court must first examine the complaint and the material before it, and that jurisdictional or threshold objections should ordinarily be raised before that court at the stage of notice under Section 251 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The Court held that the trial court is required to apply its mind and pass a speaking order on such objections rather than mechanically proceeding further.
Conclusion: The petitioner was relegated to the trial court to urge all available pleas, and quashing under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 was declined.
Issue (ii): Whether the petitioner was entitled to interim protection from personal appearance until the trial court passed an order at the stage of notice under Section 251 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
Analysis: The Court granted limited protection so that the proceedings before the trial court could continue without unnecessary disruption, while ensuring representation through counsel and compliance with the process at the notice stage.
Conclusion: Personal appearance of the petitioner was not to be insisted upon until the trial court passed an order regarding framing of notice under Section 251 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, subject to representation through counsel and no adjournment being sought.
Final Conclusion: The proceedings were not quashed, and the petitioner was directed to pursue the available objections before the trial court, with interim relief regarding personal appearance.
Ratio Decidendi: In a summons trial, objections going to the maintainability or jurisdiction of the complaint should ordinarily be decided by the trial court at the stage of notice, and inherent powers should not be invoked to bypass that process where an adequate remedy before the trial court exists.
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