THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2657 OF 2011 DATED 23rd MARCH, 2011. BETWEEN : S.S.Constructions and another .. Petitioners and The State of A.P. & another ..Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2657 OF 2011 ORDER: Petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.60 of 2009 on the file of the V Additional Munsif Magistrate, Guntur, wherein petitioners arrayed as accused for an offence under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act. Heard. Material on record reveals that the petitioner herein lodged a complaint against the second respondent herein and the same was registered in crime No.43/2010 for an offence under Sections 420, 406 and 418 read with 34 of Indian Penal Code, which is pending investigation. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that since present C.C.No.60 of 2009 and the investigation pertaining to crime No.43 of 2010 are in connection with the same facts and circumstances, necessary directions may be given to the investigation agency to complete the investigation in crime No.43 of 2010 and file charge sheet before the learned Magistrate before whom C.C.No.60 of 2009 is pending and the learned Magistrate may be directed to dispose of the same after recording the evidence in both the cases. Considering the submissions and also facts of the case, the respondent-Police are directed to complete the investigation in crime No.43 of 2010 within three months from today and file final report either way and the learned V Additional Munsif Magistrate is also directed to proceed in C.C.No.60 of 2009 after filing final report in crime No.43 of 2010 together. With above observations, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 23.03.2011 sur