1. Whether Reporters of Local newspapers may be allowed to see the Judgment? : Yes

2. Whether the copies of judgment may be Marked to Law Reporters/Journals? : Yes

3. Whether His Lordship wishes to see the fair copy of the Judgment? : Yes

Counsel for the petitioners : Mr. N. Ashwani Kumar, learned counsel, appearing for Mr. M. Avinash Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners.

Counsel for respondents : Mr. M.Vivekananda Reddy, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, appearing for respondent No.1-State. Mr. Katika Ravinder Reddy, learned counsel for Respondent No.2.

Cases referred

1. (2005) 8 SCC 89;

2. (2018) 14 SCC 202;

3. (2023) 8 SCC 152;

4. (1998) 5 SCC 749;

5. (2015) 4 SCC 609;

6. (2021) SCC Online SC 325;

7. 2024 SCC OnLine SC 4107;

8. 2023 SCC OnLine SC 1399;

9. 2025 SCC OnLine SC 2897;

10. (2023) 10 SCC 685; and

11. 2025 INSC 759.

COMMON ORDER:

These petitions arise out of multiple proceedings pending before the learned X Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Hyderabad, in complaints filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short, ‘the N.I. Act’) for prosecuting the petitioners in relation to the dishonour of cheques issued by various companies belon