ARVIND SINGLA vs M/S BEETEL TELETECH LIMITED

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 04.04.2025 + CRL.M.C. 6741/2019 & CRL.M.A. 43621/2019 ARVIND SINGLA .....Petitioner versus M/S BEETEL TELETECH LIMITED .....Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Petitioner : Mr. Viraj Dattar, Senior Advocate with Mr. Deepesh Aneja, Advocate. For the Respondent : Mr. K.P. Singh, Advocate R-1. Mr. Anil K. Batra, Mr. K.K.Tiwari, Ms.Shashi Bhalla, Mr. Madan Pal Singh and Mr. Amish Tiwari, Advocates for R-2. CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT 1. The present petition is filed seeking quashing of the order dated 02.01.2017 (hereafter ‘impugned order’), passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate-05, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi (hereafter ‘Trial Court’), in Complaint Case bearing number 03/2017, titled as M/s Beetel Teletech Ltd. v. M/s Bell Enterprises & Ors., taking cognizance for offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act (hereafter “NI Act”). Signature Not Verified Signed By:HARMINDER KAUR CRL.M.C. 6741/2019 Page 1 of 17 Signing Date:08.04.2025 10:50:28 Brief Facts 2. The complaint was filed by the respondent under Section 138 of the NI Act, alleging that the petitioner and other co-accused persons namely- Sh. Deepak Singla and Smt. Shweta Singla/Respondent No.2 (wife of Deepak Singla), acting on behalf of the accused partnership firm namely– M/s Bell Enterprises (hereafter ‘accused firm’), entered into a Distributorship Agreement dated 20.01.2016 with the complainant company / respondent, for resale and marketing of various products/ goods as mentioned in the said agreement. 3. It is stated that at the time of the execution of the Distributorship Agreement, the accused firm issued a blank cheque drawn on Punjab National Bank and a bank guarantee of ₹3,00,00