THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.6718 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner – accused seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.722 of 2008 on the file of the II Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, for the offence punishable under Sections 138 and 142 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. 2. Heard both sides. 3. There is no dispute about the disputed cheque being signed by the present petitioner-accused. His contention is that the cheque was forcibly obtained from him and he gave a complaint with regard to the same. The question as to whether the cheque was forcibly obtained is a question of fact and such plea can be taken by any accused and it is not a case for quashing the proceedings. On that ground, the petition fails and the same is dismissed. ___________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J. Date: 20.11.2009. Rns