M/S VIJAY POWER GENERATORS LTD vs M/S TARUN ENGINEERING SYNDICATE

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$~J * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on: 22.01.2025 Judgment pronounced on:18.02.2025 + CRL.L.P. 7/2018 M/S VIJAY POWER GENERATORS LTD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. B.K. Pandey, Adv. versus M/S TARUN ENGINEERING SYNDICATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Dalip K. Sharma and Mr. Subhash Chawla, Advs. + CRL.L.P. 14/2018 VIJAY POWER GENERATORS LTD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. B.K. Pandey, Adv. versus TARUN ENGINEERING SYNDICATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Dalip K. Sharma and Mr. Subhash Chawla, Advs. + CRL.L.P. 15/2018 VIJAY POWER GENERATORS LTD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. B.K. Pandey, Adv. versus TARUN ENGINEERING SYNDICATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Dalip K. Sharma and Mr. Subhash Chawla, Advs. + CRL.L.P. 16/2018 VIJAY POWER GENERATORS LTD ....Petitioner Through: Mr. B.K. Pandey, Adv. versus TARUN ENGINEERING SYNDICATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Dalip K. Sharma and Mr. Subhash Chawla, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH JUDGMENT Digitally Signed By:MAYANK Signing Date:18.02.2025 19:35:09 : JASMEET SINGH, J 1. These four petitions are filed under section 378(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (“CrPC”) seeking grant of leave to appeal against the judgment dated 30.10.2017 passed in C.C. No. 2895/2017, C.C. No. 2894/2017, C.C. 2900/2017 and C.C. 2896/2017 by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi wherein the learned Trial Court acquitted the respondent for the offence under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (“NI Act”) and also seeks setting aside of the order dated 14.10.2017 wherein the learned Trial Court dismissed the application filed by the petitioner under section 311 of CrPC seeking examination of Sales Tax Officer. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 2. The brief facts of the case are that the p