HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 8289 of 2025 DATE: 31.03.2026 Between :

Shri Pyaraka Kodanda Pani ....Petitioner/Accused AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad and another ....Respondents : O R D E R :

This Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, by the petitioner/accused seeking to quash the proceedings in STC.NI.No.310 of 2024 on the file of the II Additional Junior Civil Judge-cum-X Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Ranga Reddy District, registered for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short, ‘the N.I. Act’).

2. Brief facts of the case:

2.1. On 28.02.2024, respondent No.2-Sri Enterprises, represented by V. Shilpa and A. Sridevi have filed a private complaint under Section 200 Cr.P.C. before the Hon’ble II Additional Junior Civil Judge- cum-X Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Ranga Reddy District, against Soukhyaa Enterprises, represented by authorized partners, the petitioner stating that G. Sarojini Devi, representative of the