THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10454 OF 2011 ORDER: The petitioners-Accused Nos. 3 to 6 filed the present criminal petition with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C. No. 372 of 2011 on the file of the IV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam, for the offences punishable under Sections 138 and 142 of Negotiable Instruments Act. After arguing for some time, learned counsel for the petitioners has confined his arguments to the extent of dispensation of the presence of the petitioners before the trial Court. Considering the submission of the learned counsel and in view of the nature of the allegations made against the petitioners, the presence of the petitioners before the trial Court is dispensed with except on the dates on which the learned Magistrate insists for the same and the petitioners shall be properly represented by their counsel before the trial Court. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 31.10.2011 pnb