THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10823 of 2010 DATED 7th MARCH, 2011. BETWEEN : Sri Katari Ram Kumar. .. Petitioner and 1) The State of A.P. 2) Sri Loya Veera Venkata Sathyanarayana ..Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10823 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioner approaches this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.217 of 2009 on the file of the Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Gudivada, wherein he is facing trial for the offences punishable under Sections 138 and 142 of Negotiable Instruments Act. Heard. The main contention raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner is that in the reply notice, the petitioner informed the complainant not to deposit the cheque. The other contention urged by the learned counsel is that already the complainant filed a suit against the petitioner for recovery of money; hence, the complaint is liable to be quashed. This Court is of the view that the aforesaid two contentions raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner are not justifiable grounds to quash the proceedings against the petitioner in C.C.No.217 of 2009 on the file of the Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Gudivada, and the criminal petition is therefore liable to be dismissed. This criminal petition is accordingly dismissed. In any event, 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 by his counsel. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 07.03.2011 v v