1. Vide this order, I will dispose off two applications filed by the accused
one u/s 294 Cr.P.C. and another u/s 91 Cr.P.C. and the brief facts necessary for
these disposal are that the accused was summoned for the offence punishable
u/s 138 NI Act and notice u/s 251 Cr.P.C. has not been served upon the
accused but he has filed these two applications, one filed u/s 294 Cr.P.C. for
admission/denial of certain documents and another filed u/s 91 Cr.P.C.
seeking production of certain documents from the complainant. Ld. Counsel
for the accused submits that the story of the complainant that he advanced a
loan of Rs.1.50 Lacs to the accused in discharge of which the cheques in
question were issued and his story in the second complaint that the cheques
in question were issued after settlement of account of their company is a cock
and bull story and to prove truth on record, the complainant is required to
admit or deny the bills, statement of account, rent agreement, resignation
letters of the complainant and the accused, prior to proceeding further in this
case and further, is required to produce his income tax returns, the details of
his purchasers, documents of settlement of account etc. to prove that the
cheques in question were never issued for discharge of liability, but were
handed over to the complainant for purchasing raw material for the business
of the company and as such these applications are required to be allowed to
prove the defence of the accused. Ld. Counsel for the complainant, on the
other hand, has submitted that at the stage of notice, documents of the
accused cannot be considered which are required to be proved in his defence
and the applications under consideration are only a delaying tactics and
should be dismissed for which he has placed reliance upon the Judgment
titled as "Monika Gogia Vs. State" reported in 20005 (2) JCC (NI) 117.
He has also
relied upon the judgment of our own High Court in the matter of Mrs.
Monica Gogia vs. State & ors. 2005 (2) C.C. Cases (HC) 215
wherein it was held that at the stage of charge, evidence and
documents produced by the accused cannot be taken into account and
the same principal is to be applied at the stage of issuing summons, so
no interference can be made.