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HTML

<div class="manage-user-freind" style="line-height:18px; cursor:pointer;">
  <span style="color:blue;">
    <img src="'+pageUrl+'/img/user-16x16.png" height="14" style="float:left; padding-top:2px;" /><input class="chk" type="checkbox" value="10" />pieter
  </span>
</div>

<div class="manage-user-freind" style="line-height:18px; cursor:pointer;">
  <span style="color:blue;">
    <img src="'+pageUrl+'/img/user-16x16.png" height="14" style="float:left; padding-top:2px;" /><input class="chk" type="checkbox" value="12" />john
  </span>
</div>

CSS

.clicked {
  background-color: yellow;
}

JavaScript

$('.manage-user-freind').click(function(){
     $(this).toggleClass('clicked');
     var checkbox = $(this).find('.chk');
     checkbox.prop('checked', !checkbox.prop("checked"));
});