THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI CRIMINAL PETITION No.7192 OF 2024

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘CrPC’) seeking quashment of STC NI No.4238 of 2023 on the file of the VIII Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad at Manoranjan Complex against the petitioner/accused No.3.

2. I have heard Mr. K. Pradeep Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, representing the respondent No.1-State.

3. The essential facts, in brief, are that the respondent No.2/the complainant initiated a private complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short ‘the NI Act’) against the petitioner/Accused No.3/Director,Accused No.1/Company/Managing Director, and Accused No.2/another Director of the company.

According to the complainant, an agreement was executed with Accused No.1/Company for the engineering, procurement, construction (EPC), operation, and maintenance of ten grid- connected solar photovoltaic (PV) rooftop plants, with a total capacity of 4,020 KW, to be established at various locations within the State of Uttarakhand. Under