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HTML

<input id="check stage<lead>" type="checkbox" title="Select/Unselect Column" name="chk-stage-column-select" value="" onchange="">

JavaScript

// escape jquery selectors
    function jQueryEscape(str) {
        if (str)
            return str.replace(/([ #;?%&,.+*<>~\':"!^$[\]()=>|\/@])/g, '\\$1');

        return str;
    }
    
    
      var StageName = "<lead>";
  
  $("[id='check stage" + jQueryEscape(StageName) + "']").prop("checked", true);