THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12850 of 2011 And CRIMINAL PETITION No.12851 of 2011 COMMON ORDER: Since parties in both the petitions are one and the same, they are being disposed of by this common order. Petitioner approached this Court invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. with a prayer to direct the Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Anantapur, to conduct the trial together in C.C.No.612 of 2011 and C.C.No.888 of 2010, on whose file the cases are pending for trial. In one of the case, the petitioner is the complainant and in another case, the petitioner is the accused and the allegation in the complaint filed by the complainant is that the accused committed theft of some cash and misused the same and hence he filed a case under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act against the accused. In another case, the petitioner is facing trial for an offence under Section 138 of the NI Act. In the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is of the view to get best decision of the case, both the cases can be tried together. Hence, the learned Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Anantapur is hereby directed to try both the cases C.C.No.612 of 2011 and C.C.No.888 of 2010 together and pass orders in both the cases on the same day. With the above observation, both the criminal petitions are disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions filed in these Criminal Petitions, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 13th December 2011 Rns