THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA

ORDER:

This criminal petition is filed seeking to quash the order dated

03.04.2025 passed in Criminal Miscellaneous Petition No.201 of 2023 in CC NI No.3 of 2022 on the file of Junior Civil Judge cum Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Parigi, Vikarabad District.

2. Heard Mr.K. Venkatesh Gupta, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Thomas Joseph Lloyd, learned counsel for the respondent No.1-complainant and Ms.Shalini Saxena, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the respondent No.2-State.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the complainant has not sent the statutory notice to the petitioner on the proper address and that knowingly the notice was sent to a wrong address and thus, the complaint lodged by the complainant under Negotiable Instruments Act (for short ‘NI Act’) itself is not maintainable. He further has submitted that the complainant has mentioned the correct address of the petitioner in the complaint, but has sent the notice to a wrong address, which shows his malafide intention and hence, prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioner.

4. Learned counsel for the respondent No.1 has submitted that t