THE HON’BLE SMT.JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused aggrieved by the order dated 17.07.2023 passed in Crl.MP No.7 of 2025 in Crl.A. No.21 of 2021 by the V Additional Sessions Judge at Miryalaguda, Nalgonda District, whereunder the petition filed under Section 391 Cr.P.C., seeking to adduce additional evidence before the Sessions Court, is dismissed.

2. Heard Sri G. Sundaresan, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri N.V. Anantha Krishna, learned counsel for the respondent No.1 and Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent No.2-State.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is the accused in CC No.1235 of 2015 for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (for short ‘NI Act’) and the same ended in conviction and sentence against the petitioner. Challenging the said judgment of conviction, the petitioner filed Criminal Appeal No.21 of 2021 on the file of the V Additional Sessions Judge, Miryalaguda. He further submitted that during the pendency of the said appeal, the petitioner filed a petition under Section 391 Cr.P.C., before t