IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERAAD Monday, the 13th day of June, 2011 Present: Hon’ble Sri Justice N. Ravi Shankar Crl.R.C.No. 1239 of 2011 Between: Chakka Raghuram …Petitioner and The State of AP …Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR CRL.R.C.No. 1239 of 2011 Judgment: The petitioner is the accused. He earlier filed a petition before the trial court to send the document in question i.e., cheque to a Hand-writing Expert to ascertain whether it contains his signature or not. The offence is stated to be one punishable under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The cheque in question is dated:5-3-2010. The trial court allowed that application by its order dated:25-2-2011. He accordingly deposited the required amount on 7-3-2011 in the trial court. He further says that on 7.3.2011 the trial court having received the Demand Draft for Rs.3,500-00 for sending the cheque in question to the A.P. Forensic Science Laboratory dismissed his petition on the ground that he failed to file admitted signatures for the contemporary period i.e., the period relating to March, 2010. The petitioner now says that he has no signatures of that period and therefore the signatures made available by him should be taken or his signatures taken by the court in the court hall may be sent to the Handwriting Expert. 2. Having regard to the submissions made by the petitioner, it is directed that it shall now be open for the petitioner to file a petition before the trial court along with his signatures which are available and which are as nearly as related to the period during which the cheque in question was issued or his signatures made before the trial court. The trial court shall then send such signatures to the Handwriting Expert and if the Handwriting Expert expresses an opinion that the signatures so sent cannot be useful for comparison, the trial court may then take a decision according to law. 3. This revision case is accordingly disposed of with the above direction. _____________________ N. RAVI SHANKAR, J. June 13, 2011. *BVS Note: Furnish CC by tomorrow. (BO) BVS.​