P.S. Narayana, J.— While admitting the matter on 14.12.2009, this Court ordered notice in Criminal M.P. No.10219 of 2009 and directed that the matter be listed after eight weeks.

2. Notice had been served on the first respondent/complainant and Sri C. Praveen Kumar, the learned counsel entered the appearance on behalf of the first respondent/complainant.

3. Heard Sri K. Subrahmanyam, the learned counsel representing the petitioner/accused, Sri C. Praveen Kumar, representing the first respondent/complainant and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor representing the second respondent-State.

4. This criminal petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter in short referred to as “the Code” for the purpose of convenience) praying to quash all the proceedings in CC No. 19 of 2009 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, V. Madugula, Visakhapatnam District.

5. Sri K. Subrahmanyam, the learned counsel representing the petitioner/accused would maintain that taking cognizance of an offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, in the facts and circumstances of the present case, cannot be sustained. The learned counsel po