ORDER 1. Petitioners’ application I.A.Nos. 3560/12, 5747/12 and respondent no.2’ application I.A.No. 9533/12 for taking additional documents on record are allowed. 2. With consent, the matter is finally heard. 3. This is a petition, under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, for quashing of the proceedings pending as Cri. (Complaint) Case No. 2287/11 in the Court of Shri Laxman Dodve, JMFC, Khandwa. In that case, cognizance of the offence under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 has been taken upon complaint made by the respondent no.2 against the petitioners. 4. According to the petitioners, their prosecution for the offence simply because cheque in question bears their signatures deserves to be interfered with in view of the fact that it was not drawn on personal account of any one of them, but was issued from the account operated by co-accused Sanjay P. Rawat. 5. For this attention has been invited to the contents of the following documents - (i) Registration certificate of establishment namely My Treasure Inc. indicating that Sanjay P. Rawat is the sole proprietor thereof. (ii) Certificate given by the authorized signatory to the effect that the Account No. 000305500122 with the ICICI Bank, Branch Vadodara, whereon the cheque was drawn, is in the name of Sanjay P. Rawat only. 6. In these circumstances, continuance of proceedings against the petitioners would be an abuse of the process of Court (Jugesh Sehgal v. Shamsher Singh Gogi ¼2009½14 SCC 683 referred to). 7. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and the proceedings in Cri. (Complaint) Case No.2287/11, so far as they it relate to the petitioners, are hereby quashed.