ORDER :

Since all these criminal petitions, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., arise out of the same calendar case, in which the petitioners herein are arrayed as accused, they are heard together and are being disposed of by this common order.

2. Criminal Petition No. 4067 of 2017 is filed by the petitioner-accused No. 6; Criminal Petition No. 4086 of 2017 is filed by the petitioner-accused No. 4; Criminal Petition No. 4092 of 2017 is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos. 8 to 10 and Criminal Petition No. 4094 of 2017 is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos. 5 and 7 seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C.No. 317 of 2016 on the file of the Court of learned IV Additional Junior Civil Judge, Guntur, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 138 to 142 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short, 'the Act').

3. In the complaint, respondent No. 1-complainant, Proprietor of Lakshmi Balaji Cotton Traders, Guntur, alleged that accused Nos. 2 to 10 are Directors of accused No. 1 company i.e. M/s. Shri Renuga Textiles Limited and they are responsible for conduct of day-to-day business affairs of accused No. 1 company. Accused No. 1 placed orders on respondent No. 1 fo