THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SMT.JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.18 of 2021 Date:11.03.2026 Between:

M/s.Segno Ceramics Pvt. Ltd., Rep. by its Director Narahari Prasad Narasimha Rao and another …Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 2 And State of Telangana, Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad and another.

… Respondents

ORDER:

This criminal petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings against the petitioners-accused Nos.1 and 2 in CC No.7179 of 2022 on the file of II Additional Junior Civil Judge cum XIII Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Medchal-Malkajgiri District at Kukatpally, for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (for short ‘NI Act’).

2. Heard Sri Ch. Venkat Raman, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri M.P.K Aditya, learned counsel for the respondent No.2.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioner No.2, who is the Director of petitioner No.1, is no longer a Director of the Company. When the cheque was issued, he was the Director of the company, but he retired from the company thereafter and hence, he is not l