VIJAY VERMA vs M/S AGGARWAL TRADERS DOORS LTD & ANR.

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$~51 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 20th April, 2026 + CRL.M.C. 6717/2023 & CRL.M.A. 25172/2023 VIJAY VERMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ashish Aggarwal, Mr. O.P. Faizi, Mr. Anand Aggarwal, Mr. Chakit Singhal, Ms. Nishtha Verma, Ms. Lisha Arora, Mr. Himanshu Singh, Ms. Anjali Kashyap and Ms. Ishita, Advocates. versus M/S AGGARWAL TRADERS DOORS LTD & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Mukul Kumar Gupta, Advocate for both the respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioner herein had filed Complaint Case No.1639/2016 under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. 2. Such complaint, initially, filed before the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-II, Gautam Budh Nagar, Delhi, was directed against three accused i.e. M/s. Aggarwal Traders Doors Ltd., Mr. Shiv Narayan Agrawal and Ms. Poonam Agrawal. 3. The accused No.2 and 3 were shown as Directors of accused No.1 Company. However, the learned Trial Court, vide order dated 21.10.2014, summoned accused No.2 i.e. Mr. Shiv Narayan Agrawal, Director of M/s. Signature Not Verified Signed By:SONIA CRL.M.C. 6717/2023 1 THAPLIYAL Signing Date:22.04.2026 17:41:41 Aggarwal Traders Doors Ltd. only. Later on, the case was transferred to Delhi on 04.11.2015 and is presently pending before North West District, Rohini Courts, Delhi. 4. Notice under Section 251 Cr.P.C. has been served and the case is at the stage of cross-examination of complainant. 5. It was at said stage of the case that the complainant filed an application under Section 319 Cr.P.C. seeking to summon accused-company against whom, unfortunately, there was no order. It was contended therein that the cheque had been issued by the Director on behalf of accused-company only and, there