THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.3620 of 2008 Dated : 10.11.2009 Between : Mr.Amit Agarwal ….. Petitioner/A.4 a n d 1) Sponge Iron India Limited 2) The State of A.P. ….. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.3620 OF 2008 ORDER : This petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner/A.4 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.820 of 2002 on the file of VI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, City Civil Court, Hyderabad, for the offence punishable under Sections 138 and 142 of N.I.Act. 2) Heard. 3) The Calendar Case is of the year 2002 and the petition for quashing the proceedings is filed in the year 2008. As such, without going into merits of the case, this petition is liable to be dismissed as in case there is no prima facie case against the petitioner, he ought to have approached this Court for quashing the proceedings at the initial stage itself. 4) Accordingly, the criminal petition is dismissed and the petitioner is at liberty to take all the defences before the trial Court. 5) Further, as the Calendar Case is of the year 2002, the trial Court shall dispose of the same expeditiously in any case not later than three months from today. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 10th November, 2009 Note : Communicate the copy of the order to the trial Court forthwith. B/o. SUR