THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA CRIMINAL PETITION No.6583 OF 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners/accused Nos.1 and 2, under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), to quash the docket order dated 03.12.2024 in Crl.M.P. No.275 of 2024 and docket order dated 18.03.2025 in Crl.M.P. No.26 of 2025 in S.T.C. N.I. No.1 of 2024 on the file of learned Principal Junior Civil Judge, Mancherial (for short ‘trial Court’) and consequently direct the trial Court to recall the NBWs (Non-Bailable Warrants) issued against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 and 2 on 11.03.2024 without insisting their presence.

2. Heard Ms. V. Swetha, learned counsel for the petitioners/ accused Nos.1 and 2, and Mr. Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, appearing for the respondent No.1 -

State.

3. The case of the petitioners/accused Nos.1 and 2 is that the complainant filed complaint under Section 200 Cr.P.C. which was registered as S.T.C. N.I. No.1 of 2024 for the offence under Section

138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short ‘Act’) wherein summons were ordered to the petitioners/accused Nos.1 and 2 and posted for th