ORDER :

The present Criminal Petition, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., is filed by the petitioner-accused No. 6 seeking to quash the proceedings against him in C.C.No. 821 of 2015 on the file of the Court of learned V 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').

2. In the complaint, respondent No. 1-complainant, Managing Partner of M/s. Sri Vijaya Sai 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 for supply of cotton. Pursuant to the aforesaid purchase orders, respondent No. 1 supplied cotton to accused No. 1. In discharge of its liability against the bills raised by respondent No. 1 on accused No. 1, the latter had issued a cheque bearing No. 625456 dated 22-02-2014 for a sum of Rs.23,81,764/- drawn on S.B.I., SME Branch, Theni, Chennai, Tamil Nadu State, in favour of the former. When respondent No. 1 presented the cheque in its bank i.e.