THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.11152 OF 2011 ORDER: The petitioner-Accused filed the present criminal petition with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against him in C.C. No. 1146 of 2008 on the file of the IX Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad, Kukatpally, for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. After arguing for some time, learned counsel for the petitioner has confined his arguments to the extent of dispensation of the presence of the petitioner before the trial Court. Considering the submission of the learned counsel and in view of the nature of the allegations made against the petitioner, the presence of the petitioner before the trial Court is dispensed with except on the dates on which the learned trial Judge insists for the same and the petitioner shall be properly represented by his counsel before the trial Court. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 11th November, 2011 pnb