IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRL.R.C.No : 1170 OF 2003 Between: M/s. Gayatri Starchkem Limited ..... PETITIONER AND M/s.Monarchem and others. .....RESPONDENT(S) HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRL.R.C.No : 1170 OF 2003 JUDGMENT: On the basis of a complaint given by the petitioner herein, the XVII Metropolitan Magistrate, City Criminal Courts, Nampally, Hyderabad, took cognizance of the offence falling under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act against the respondents 1 and 2 and the same is numbered as C.C.No.355 of 1998. During the course of trial, an application in Crl.M.P.No.5962 of 2003 in C.C.No.355 of 1998, was filed under Section 311 Cr.P.C. by the petitioner to mark certain documents viz., Certificate of Incorporation, receipts of material and statement of account. After notice and hearing both the parties, the learned Magistrate vide his order dated 16-07-2003, dismissed the said application. The same is questioned in this revision case. 2. It appears that it is an old matter of the year 1998. This Court did not grant any interim stay, and on 12-08-2010, this Court directed the petitioner’s counsel to file an affidavit with regard to the status of the case. An affidavit sworn to by the learned counsel for the petitioner is filed stating that the said C.C. is still pending before the learned Metropolitan Magistrate for the reason that this revision case is pending. In my considered view, the pendency of this revision cannot be a ground for the trial Court not to proceed with the case for the reason that there is no stay of the said proceedings. However, as the said case is still pending and as the petitioner wanted to mark the said documents, the Court below is hereby directed to permit the petitioner to mark the said documents and proceed further in accordance with law. As it is an old case of the year 1998, the learned Magistrate shall give utmost importance to the case and decide the same at the earliest, preferably, within a period of six months. 3. With the aforesaid direction, the Criminal Revision Case is disposed of. ___________________ 19th August 2010 KVR