IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.4271 AND 4565 OF 2023 DATE: 10-04-2026 Between:

Sri Sutrave Krishna Mohan and others … Petitioners And The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, Hon’ble Telangana High Court, Hyderabad, Telangana and others ... Respondents

COMMON ORDER:

Since the issue involved in both these Criminal Petitions is one and the same, both these Criminal Petitions are heard together and disposed of by way of this common order.

2. Seeking to quash the proceedings in S.T.C.NI.No.558 of 2023 on the file of learned V Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, registered for the offence under Section 138 read with 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short, ‘N.I. Act’), Crl.P.No.4271 of 2023 is filed by accused Nos.4 to 8 and Crl.P.No.4565 of 2023 is filed by accused Nos.1 to 3.

3. Heard Sri R. Anurag, learned counsel for the petitioners in Crl.P.No.4271 of 2023, Sri M. Pratheek Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners in Crl.P.No.4565 of 2023 and Sri Sushil K. Tekriwal, learned counsel representing Sri M. Bhaskar, learned counsel for respondent No.2.

4. For the sake of