IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.7255 OF 2025 DATE: 30-12-2025 Between:

M/s. Vanita Traders and another … Petitioners And The State of Telangana, rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court, Hyderabad and another ... Respondents

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 and 2 seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C.No.151 of 2023 on the file of learned XI Metropolitan Magistrate at Nampally, Hyderabad, registered for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short, ‘the N.I. Act’).

2. Heard Ms. R. Annapurna, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1-State and Sri Satish Kumar Kuna, learned counsel for respondent No.2.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the present C.C.No.151 of 2023 on the file of learned XI Metropolitan Magistrate at Nampally, Hyderabad, registered for the offence under Section 138 of the N.I. Act against the petitioners herein is not maintainable, as the said Court lacks jurisdiction. She further submitted