ORDER

B. U. Wahane, J. - These three criminal application are directed against the order passed by Chief Judicial Magistrate, Amravati, taking cognizance and registering the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, and under Section 420 of I.P.C. and consequently the issuance of the summons. In Criminal Application No. 433/91 the order dt. 4.1.1991, in Criminal Application No. 448/91 the order dt. 16.12.1989, and in Criminal Application No. 569/91 the order dated 7.12.1989 are under challenge.

2. In Criminal Application No. 433/91, the respondent No. 1 Ashish Enterprises-a registered partnership firm by its partner, Bansilal Baijanath Jaju, filed a complaint case under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, under the Banking Public Financial Institutions and Negotiable Instruments Laws (Amendment) Act, 1988, and under Section 420 of I.P.C. The complainant and the applicant/accused are the residents of Amravati having their business. The applicant/accused is running a shop for years together of purchasing and selling various seeds within the jurisdiction of City Kotwali, P.S. Amravati. The complainant i.e. the respondent No. 1- partner and the