THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.3419 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings against the petitioner in STC.NI.No.6651 of 2023 pending on the file of the learned VIII Metropolitan Magistrate, Manoranjan Complex, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 138 and 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the complainant had filed a private complaint on 22.02.2023 before the VIII Metropolitan Magistrate, alleging that the petitioner had borrowed Rs.9,00,000/- and Rs.21,00,000/- as hand loans and had executed two promissory notes for Rs.30,00,000/-. It was further alleged that the petitioner had issued two cheques of Rs.15,00,000/- each, which were dishonoured with the endorsement “Exceeds Arrangement”. The complainant claimed to have issued a statutory notice and, upon receiving a reply denying liability, filed the complaint under Sections

138 and 141 of the NI Act.

3. Heard Smt. Radha Rani Devaneni, learned counsel representing Smt. Pulipati Vandana, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner as well as Sri. D. Arun Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecuto