ORDER 1. Leave granted. 2. By the impugned order the High Court has refused to quash the proceedings in Criminal Case No. 223 of 2014 arising out of FIR No. 102/2013 pending before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-II, Srimadhopur, Sikar, Rajasthan instituted by the respondent complainant. 3. Having considered the materials on record we are inclined to take the view that the accused appellant is justified in contending that the complaint against him by the respondent - complainant, in respect of which he had sought interference of the High Court under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, was a counter-blast to the proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 initiated by him against the respondent complainant. 4. The case of the respondent complainant against the appellant, in our considered view, has to be understood to be an inherently improbable case as the disputed cheque over which the complaint was filed against the accused appellant has been resurrected after a gap of about 11 years with the allegation that the accused appellant had mis-utilized the same after the aforesaid period of about 11 years. 5. In view of the above, we take the view that the High court ought to have quashed the impugned proceedings. Accordingly, we allow the appeal; set aside the order of the High Court and quash the criminal proceedings in Criminal Case No.223 of 2014 arising out of FIR No.102/2013 pending before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-II, Srimadhopur, Sikar, Rajasthan instituted by the respondent complainant. 6. The appeal is disposed of in the above terms.