IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI CRIMINAL PETITION No.6991 OF 2024 DATE: 23.03.2026 Between :

Vanga Srinivasa Reddy … Petitioner AND The State of Telangana Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana and another.

… Respondents.

O R D E R

This Criminal Petition is filed assailing the order dated

15.05.2024 passed in Crl.M.P. No.106 of 2024 in C.C. N.I. No.7 of 2024 on the file of the learned Principal Junior Civil Judge-cum-

Metropolitan Magistrate, Ranga Reddy District.

2. The petitioner/accused had filed the said application under Section 147 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short, “the N.I. Act”), seeking closure of the complaint proceedings to enable both parties to pursue remedies arising out of a subsequent settlement.

3. Heard Mr. T. Bala Mohan Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. V. Yadu Krishna Sainath, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.2/complainant.

4.1. The brief facts, as borne out from the record, are that the respondent/complainant filed a private complaint under Section 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 alleging commission of an offence under