P.R. Shiva Kumar, J.—The parties in all the three criminal original petitions are same. The first petitioner M/s.Pale Horse Designs is a company registered in the United States of America of which the second petitioner is the president. Natarajan Rathnam, who figures as the respondent in all the three criminal original petitions, is a Non-Resident Indian living in the United States of America at No.3, Parkway Drive, Roselyn Heights, New York.

2. Natarajan Rathnam, the respondent herein, furnishing a local address in Chennai, namely No.37, Venkatarathinam Nagar, Adyar, Chennai as his residential address, has preferred three complaints on the file of the IX Metropolitan Magistrate, Saidapet, Chennai under Section 200 Cr.P.C for alleged offences punishable under Sections 138 and 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 in respect of seven dishonoured cheques drawn on M/s.Danvers Savings Bank, One Conant Street, Danvers, MA 01923 in favour of the respondent herein. In respect of two cheques dated 15.06.2006 bearing cheque Nos.002661 and 002663, each for a sum of US$ 5000, totalling a sum of US$ 10,000, the respondent preferred a separate complaint and the same has been take