IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO : 700 of 2008 Between: Kondapally Kranthi, D/o Ravinder Rao, R/o H.No.9-4-109, Srinagar Colony, Karimnagar. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of A.P., rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. 2 J.Raghu Kumar, S/o Bhaskar Rao, R/o H.No.11-24-12, Deshipet Road, Warangal City. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Section ____ of Crl.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the grounds filed therewith, the High Court will be pleased toto quash the proceedings in C.C.No.508 of 2007 on the file of the I Addl. Judl. I Class Magistrate, Warangal in the interest of justice. The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Mr.SUDERSHAN REDDY, Advocate for the Petitioner and of the Public Prosecutor, on behalf of the Respondent. The Court made the following: ORDER PSR, J. Crl.P.No. 700 of 2008 O r d e r: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the State. 2. The offence is one under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that her cheque book was lost; by using a leaf from the said cheque book, the impugned cheque was concocted and basing on it the present complaint is filed. Prima facie it is difficult to believe. In case, the cheque book is lost, the cheque would not contain the signatures of the petitioner. No doubt, it is also the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner that the said cheque is also forged. These are all questions of fact. Thus, I see no merits in the criminal petition and it is accordingly dismissed. 3. The petitioner is directed to surrender before the trial court within one month from today and on such surrender she shall be enlarged on bail, on executing necessary bonds, for her future appearance. ______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J. February 2, 2010. *BVS