IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.6741 OF 2009 Between: 1. M/s. Luminus Energy Pvt. Ltd., Rep. by its Executive Director 2. Ms. Susan Monterio ……Petitioners – Accused Nos.1 & 2 AND Titan Energy Systems Ltd., Rep. by its Senior Vice President Pasmpapathy Anchala & 4 others .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.6741 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners, accused Nos.1 and 2 respectively, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C. No.309 of 2009 on the file of I Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, City Criminal Courts, Hyderbad, filed by the complainant Titan Energy Systems Limited, respondent No.1 herein, for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. 2. Heard both sides. 3. This is a case of involving more than Rs.6.50 crores and petitioner No.2 Ms. Susan Monterio is Executive Director of petitioner No.1 Company and a major shareholder of it. Such being the case, it is not a case where the proceedings can be quashed against the petitioners at this stage. 4. Therefore, the Criminal Petition is dismissed at the admission stage itself. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J December 9, 2009. PV