THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10969 OF 2011 ORDER: The petitioner-Accused filed the present criminal petition with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against him in C.C. No. 1077 of 2009 on the file of the IX Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, City Criminal Court, Hyderabad, for the offence punishable under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act. After arguing for some time, learned counsel for the petitioner has confined his arguments to the extent of dispensation of the presence of the petitioner before the trial Court. Considering the submission of the learned counsel and in view of the nature of the allegations made against the petitioner, the presence of the petitioner before the trial Court is dispensed with except on the dates on which the learned Magistrate insists for the same and the petitioner shall be properly represented by his 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 : 9th November, 2011 pnb