THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.9116 of 2010 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioner under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in C.C.No.424 of 2010 on the file of I Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Warangal for the offence punishable under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The petitioner is arrayed as accused No.2 in the above C.C. This Court by order dated 24.09.2010 granted interim stay of all further proceedings in C.C.No.424 of 2010. Vacate Stay Petition is filed by the second respondent to vacate the said order. Today when the matter is called, the second respondent’s counsel is absent. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner herein who is the Branch Manager of Axis Bank Limited is arrayed as accused No.2 in the complaint but in the same complaint in the column of list of witnesses, he is shown as witness No.2. There is no specific allegation against the petitioner herein under the said complaint and further, the petitioner is not a signatory to the instrument concerned. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the proceedings in C.C.No.424 of 2010 insofar as it relates to petitioner – accused No.2 on the file of I Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Warangal are quashed. The criminal petition is accordingly allowed. RAJA ELANGO, J Dt.13.09.2011 lvl THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.9116 of 2010 Dt. 13.09.2011