THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.932 OF 2011 ORDER: The petitioner filed the present petition with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against her in C.C. No. 520 of 2010 on the file of the XIX Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, wherein the petitioner was shown as Accused No.4 for the offences punishable under Sections 138 and 142 of Negotiable Instruments Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted the following points for consideration: 1. that the petitioner is not the signatory of the instrument; 2. that the petitioner is not involved in the day to day affairs of the company and the petitioner is only the legal advisor, being Senior Manager (Legal); 3. that nowhere in the complaint, it is stated that she is responsible for issuance of the cheque in question and she has actively participated in the day to day affairs of the company. Learned counsel for the respondent No.2, on the other hand, submitted that the petitioner alone has entered into an agreement with the 2nd respondent and she is fully aware of the transactions between A1-company and the 2nd respondent. After perusal of the records and after hearing the arguments of the learned counsel for both the parties, it is evident that the petitioner is nowhere connected with the issuance of the cheque in question and hence, she cannot be held responsible or she is liable to pay the money as mentioned in the instrument, which is subject matter of the complaint herein. Considering the same, the proceedings initiated against the petitioner- A4 in C.C. No. 548 of 2009 on the file of the XIX Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad are liable to be quashed and they are accordingly quashed. However, the learned trial Judge is directed to proceed with the matter and conclude the trial as far as the other accused in the case are concerned, expeditiously. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated :18th October, 2011 pnb