THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.13130 OF 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-Accused seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in C.C.No.148 of 2010 on the file of the Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Bobbili, wherein he is facing trial for the offence punishable under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act. Heard. Learned counsel for the petitioner confined his arguments only to the extent of dispensing with the presence of the petitioner before the trial Court. Considering the nature of the allegations wherein the question of identity of the accused before the trial Court does not arise, the presence of the petitioner before the trial Court is dispensed with except on the dates the learned trial Judge insists for the same, and the petitioner shall be properly represented through his counsel before the trial Court. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated: 16.12.2011 v v