COMMON JUDGMENT:

Assailing the orders dated 21.12.2015 in Crl.M.P.No.9069 of 2015 in C.C.No.367 of 2014 and Crl.M.P.No.9068 of 2015 in C.C.No.177 of 2014 on the file of the Special Mobile Court of learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Eluru, the petitioner/accused filed the Criminal Revision Case Nos.245 and 246 of 2016 under Section 397 r/w.401 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as “ Cr.P.C .”) respectively.

2. Since common question of law involved in both the criminal revisions, the parties in both the revision cases are one and the same, the same are being disposed of by way of this common judgment.

3. It is required to be noted that during the pendency of these revision cases, an interim stay of all further proceedings in the main calendar cases before the Trial Court until further orders was granted, vide order dated 01.05.2019.

4. The shorn of necessary facts leading to prefer the present criminal revision cases are that:

i). The petitioner in both the revision cases is the accused in the complaints filed against him by the complainant/respondent No.2 herein for the offence under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act.

ii). During the pendency