THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V. VENUGOPAL CRIMINAL PETITION No.5588 OF 2022

O R D E R:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., by the petitioner/respondent/accused, seeking to quash the order dated 14.06.2022 in Crl.M.P.No.215 of 2022 in C.C.No.282 of 2018 on the file of Junior Civil Judge-cum-

Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Metpally.

2. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondent No.2/State. No representation on behalf of unofficial respondent. Perused the record.

3. The brief facts of the case are that the complainant filed a case in C.C.No.282 of 2018 against the accused for the offence under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, and the same was posted for examination of accused. The complainant died on 23.06.2021 by leaving behind his legally wedded wife by name Mulukala Swathi, as his legal heir and it was necessary to bring the legal heir of the deceased complainant on record as complainant No.2 for better adjudication of the matter, as such proposed complainant filed Crl.M.P.No.215 of 2022 in C.C.No.282 of 2018, seeking to bring her on record as legal heir of the deceas