THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9376 OF 2009 Dated : 16.12.2009 Between : Ch.Sudhakar Raju ….. Petitioner/Accused a n d The State of A.P. & another ….. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9376 OF 2009 ORDER : This criminal petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. by the petitioner/Accused seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.7 of 2009 on the file of the XVIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Criminal Courts, Nampally, Hyderabad, for the offence punishable under Section 138 of N.I. Act. 2) Heard. 3) The claim of the petitioner is that he has discharged the loan amount due to the second respondent-Bank and he also filed photostat copy of letter, dated 24.02.2001, alleged to have been issued by the Bank to that effect. However, the learned counsel appearing for the second respondent-Bank disputes the genuineness of the said document and he also filed a copy of another document, which is also of the same date, where there is no reference regarding the repayment claimed by the present petitioner. 4) Thus, there are seriously disputed questions of fact involved in the matter, truthfulness of which have to be decided by the trial Court. In such circumstances, it is not a fit case for quashing the proceedings against the petitioner. 5) Therefore, the criminal petition is dismissed. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 16th December, 2009 SUR