THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.1790 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to set aside the order dated 21.01.2025 passed in Crl.M.P.No.6323 of 2024 in C.C.N.I.No.1290 of 2021 by the learned VIII Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Manoranjan Complex, Hyderabad.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner/accused filed a petition under Section 45 of the Indian Evidence Act before the trial Court seeking to send Ex.P11 letter dated 27.10.2018 to the Forensic Science Laboratory, Red Hills, Nampally, for expert opinion by comparing the signature on Ex.P11 with the admitted signature of the petitioner/accused on Ex.P1 cheque dated 31.07.2020. The petitioner contended that he never borrowed any amount from the respondent/complainant company and that the alleged cheque was issued as an intermediary for a business transaction involving a third party. He further asserted that Ex.P11 was a fabricated document containing a forged signature, and that he had taken this defence during the trial, specifically denying the signature during his cross-

examination.

3. On the other hand, the respondent/complainant filed a counter affidavit before th