T.Ch. Surya Rao, J. - Since the parties are the same and as common question of law has arisen for consideration in all these Criminal Revision Cases, they can be disposed of together.

2. The petitioner is the accused in as many as 14 cases filed against him by the 1st respondent herein under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act mentioning inter alia that during the course of business transaction between the complainant and the accused the accused took milk products from the complainant on credit basis on different occasions and in discharge of the legally enforceable debt the accused issued different cheques to the complainant on different dates and that when those cheques having been presented for encashment with the banker were dishonoured and that even when the requisite legal notices were issued to - the accused within the stipulated time demanding payment, he having been received those notices failed to pay the amounts covered by those cheques and thereby committed the offences punishable under Section 138 of the N.I Act.

3. Pursuant to summon issued by the court after taking cognizance, the accused appeared in all those cases. He then filed separate petitions in