IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8883 OF 2009 Between: M. Indumathi, W/o. M. Vajranath ……Petitioner – accused AND G.B. Prasad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8883 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner M. Indumathi – accused seeking to quash the proceedings against him in C.C. No.556 of 2008 on the file of IX Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad filed for the offence punishable under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. 2. Heard. 3. There is no dispute about the petitioner signing the cheque in dispute. 4. The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner that the cheque in dispute was stolen from her cannot be accepted at this stage, as the same has to be proved during trial. The other defences like there being no legally enforceable debt etc., also have to be decided during trial. It is not a case where there is no prima facie case against the petitioner to quash the proceedings. 5. Therefore, the Criminal Petition is dismissed at the stage of admission itself. ______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J October 29, 2009. PV