THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO + CRIMINAL PETITION No.3615 of 2019 % Dated 23.09.2025 # Vijaya Laxmi Agarwal W/o Satyajit Agarwal, aged about 54 years, H.No.3-6-469, Street No.6, Himayathnagar, Hyderabad.

….Petitioner/Accused VERSUS $ SBPL Infrastructure Limited, rep. by its Managing Director Mr.Gowri Shanker Gupta, having its registered at 8-2-672, Plot No.4, G.S. Plaza, Road No.1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad and another.

… Respondents ! Counsel for the petitioner : Mr. Peri Prabhakar ^ Counsel for Respondent No.1 : Mr. U.Venkat Prasad < GIST:

> HEAD NOTE: ? CITATIONS:

1. (2007) 6 SCC 555 2. (2006) 6 SCC 456 3. (2002) 6 SCC 426 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.3615 of 2019

ORDER

This Criminal Petition has been filed under Section

482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, ‘Cr.P.C.’) by the petitioner/accused seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C. No.142 of 2019 on the file of the XIX Special Magistrate, Erramanzil at Hyderabad, for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the N.I.

Act’).

2. Brief facts of the case:

2.1 Respondent No.1 is SBPL Infrastructure Limited, bei