THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1182 of 2008 ORDER: Petitioner approaches this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings in FIR No.96 of 2008 of Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar Police Station, Hyderabad, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 420 and 406 IPC by the investigating agency on the basis of the complaint forwarded by the Magistrate under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. Heard. The main contentions raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner herein are that the petitioner and the de facto complainant are having business transactions since long time and they are regularly issuing cheques and also raising funds. In the present complaint, the allegation raised by the complainant is as follows: “The complainant further submits that the accused issued the cheques and induced the complainant to pass a receipt therefore knowing that the cheques would be dishonoured for want of account closed. The cheques were issued by the accused No.2 towards amount received from the complainant. The accused had dishonest intention not to pay even at the time of issuance of the cheques and the act of issuing the cheques, which was dishonoured, caused damages to mind, body and reputation of the complainant, which is nothing but cheating. The accused dishonest and fraudulent misrepresentation to the complainant and inducing the complainant to deliver the amounts.” Except the said facts, the entire reading of the complaint does not disclose any offence as alleged in the complaint against the petitioner herein, more particularly, for an offence under Sections 420 and 406 IPC. Hence, this Court has no hesitation to quash the complaint in Cr.No.96 of 2008 of Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar Police Station, Hyderabad. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in FIR No.96 of 2008 of Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar Police Station, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. The miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed along with the criminal petition shall stand closed. ________________ RAJA ELANGO, J. 17th March 2011, Rns.