APHC010324012024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3396]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: 594/2024 Between:

Siriginidi Bhimasankar Rao ...APELLANT AND State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPODENT(S)

Counsel for the Apellant:

1. M BALANAGA SRINIVAS Counsel for the Respodent(S):

1. G VENKATA SUBBA RAJU

2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following:

JUDGMENT :

Impugning the Judgment dated 12.04.2024 in S.T.C.No.101 of 2023 passed by the learned II Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Kakinada, the present Criminal Appeal is filed.

2. Heard Sri M.Balanagu Srinivas, learned Counsel for the appellant/complainant and Sri G.Venkata Subba Raju, learned Counsel for the respondent/accused. Ms. K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State is in attendance.

3. Learned Counsel for the appellant would submit that the appellant herein preferred a private complaint for the offence under Section 138 of Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act against the respondent/accused which was dismissed for non prose