ORDER :

M. Satyanarayana Murthy, J.

1. These Criminal Petitions are filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code (for short "Cr.P.C.") to quash the proceedings in C.C. Nos. 153, 154 and 155 of 2013 pending on the file of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Srungavarapu Kota, Vizianagaram District, registered for the offence punishable under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act (for short "the N.I. Act").

2. The respondent No. 1 is the complainant in all the three petitions. Different complainants filed private complaints against the petitioner for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the N.I. Act, which are registered as C.C. No. 153, 154 and 155 of 2013 pending on the file of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Srungavarapu Kota, Vizianagaram. The details of date of debt, debt amount, cheque number, date of presentation are given in the table given hereunder.