( 1 ) THIS petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is filed to quash the proceedings in C. C. No. 290/2002 on the file of the learned I Additional Judicial Magistrate of the I Class, Cuddapah.

( 2 ) THE briefs that are necessary for the disposal of the petition are that the accused-company owed a sum of Rs. 6 lakhs to the complainant-company on account of milk supplied by the latter to the former, that the cheque bearing No. 441183, dated 29-4-2002, for Rs. 6 lakhs issued by the accused-company to the complainant-company was dishonoured for want of sufficient funds, that the complainant again presented the cheque in the bank and it was dishonoured yet again on 21-8-2002 for the same reason, that the complainant issued a notice demanding the accused to pay the amount of the cheque within 15 days, and that in spite of receiving the notice, the accused did not pay the same, and hence the complainant lodged a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act which was registered as C. C. No. 290/2002 on the file of the learned I Additional Judicial I Class Magistrate, Cuddapah. The accused filed the present petition to quash the proceedin