IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.6553 OF 2009 Between: G.V. Prabhakar, S/o. G. Satyanarayana ……Petitioner – accused AND The State of A.P. Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.6553 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner G.V. Prabhakar, accused, seeking to quash the proceedings against him in C.C. No.98 of 2007 on the file of IV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad filed by the complainant K. Rubin Vincent, respondent No.2 herein, for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. 2. Heard. 3. The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner has not issued the cheque in question and the account pertaining to the cheque does not belong to him. 4. The questions raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner are questions of fact, which have to be decided during trial. Added to that there is delay in filing this petition for quashing the impugned proceedings, as the C.C. is of 2007. Thus, I see no ground to entertain this petition and the same is liable to be dismissed. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed at the stage of admission itself. ______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J November 9, 2009. PV