APHC010631312023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3368]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 401 of 2024 Between:

Kannaya Govindraj ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S)

and Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:

1. B SHIVA RAM SHARMA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S):

1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP)

2. C PRAKASH REDDY The Court made the following order:

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner herein/Accused under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., to quash the docket order dated 09.08.2023 in C.C.No.250 of 2022 on the file of the learned Judicial First Class, Kamalapuram, wherein the learned Magistrate is directed the petitioner/accused to deposit 20% of cheque amount as per Section 143 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

2. Heard Sri K.Ratangapani Reddy, learned counsel appearing on behalf of Sri B.Shiva Ram Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the State and Sri C.Prakash Reddy, learned counsel for the unofficial resp