IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.16090 of 2025 Date: 08.12.2025 Between:

Sri P.V.Chary ...Petitioner AND The State of Telangana, Represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and another ...Respondents

Order

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings in STC NI No.7 of 2023, on the file of the X Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Ranga Reddy District at Kukatpally, wherein the petitioner was arrayed as accused, for the offence punishable under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short ‘NI Act’).

2. Heard Mr.M.P.K.Aditya, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1-State.

3. The facts giving rise to the filing of the present criminal petition are briefly stated that Respondent No. 2 filed a private complaint under Sections 190 and 200 of the Cr.P.C., against the petitioner for the offences punishable under Sections 138 and 142 of the NI Act. Respondent No.2 alleged that the petitioner had issued cheques bearing Nos.431952 and 431953 dated