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HTML

<label>
    <input type="checkbox" id="chk" />Label for chk</label>
<button id="check">check</button>
<button id="uncheck">uncheck</button>

JavaScript

$("#check").click(function (e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    $("#chk").prop("checked", true);
});

$("#uncheck").click(function (e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    $("#chk").prop("checked", false);
});