Udaycharan Rao Koirthirala Raja Verthata, v. Capital First Ltd.

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.4571 OF 2016 ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.3 to 5 under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C.No.79 of 2016 on the file of the XIV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad.

Heard and perused the material available on record. The petitioners are alleged to have committed the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the transactions between the parties, this Court is not inclined to grant the relief sought by the petitioners.

At this stage, the learned Counsel for the petitioners prayed for dispensing with the presence of the petitioners before the trial Court. In view of the above submission, the presence of the petitioners before the trial Court is dispensed with except on the date of framing of charges, if any; on the date of examination under Section 313 Cr.P.C. and on the date of pronouncement of judgment. The petitioners are directed to be represented by a Counsel before the trial Court on all hearing dates.

Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of.

Consequently, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed.

______________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Date : 1.4.2016 Nn

HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.4571 OF 2016 DATED 1.4.2016 Nn