THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.4034 of 2011 Date: 01.07.2011 Between: M.M.L.Narsimham, Managing Director, Ms.Ratna Infrastructure Projects Pvt Ltd., Prshasan Nagar, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. …Petitioner. And The State of A.P., rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad and another. ….Respondents. THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.4034 of 2011 ORDER: 1. Heard the petitioner’s counsel and also the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. 2. This petition is filed for quashing the proceedings in C.C.No.290 of 2010 on the file of the Court of X Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Secunderabad. The petitioner herein is A-2 in the said case. The offence alleged is one punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (Cheque Bouncing Offence). 3. A perusal of the allegations in the complaint would show that they do disclose the offence punishable under the above provision. The various pleas raised by the petitioner’s counsel relate to his innocence and defence in the said case and a decision thereon has to be taken on evidence. Accordingly, this petition is dismissed. 4. It is however represented that the petitioner is the Managing Director of the A1-Company in the case and he has his own difficulties in attending before the trial Court on every date of hearing. 5. In the circumstances, the presence of the petitioner before the trial Court on every date of hearing is dispensed with and he can be represented by a counsel. It shall be open for the trial Court to summon the presence of the petitioner before trial Court as and when it considers necessary. __________________________ JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR Date: 01.07.2011. mrb