Smt. Sheeba Fatima Khan v. The State Of Andhra Pradesh,

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.6150 OF 2016 ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 by the petitioner/A-3 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.15 of 2016 on the file of the III Special Magistrate at Visakhapatnam.

2. Heard and perused the material available on record.

3. The offences alleged against the petitioner are punishable under Sections 138 and 142 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

4. A reading of the complaint reveals some allegations against the petitioner, truth of which can be ascertained only after due trial. Hence, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the proceedings against the petitioner.

5. After arguing for sometime, learned counsel for the petitioner while not pressing for the main prayer, confined his arguments only to the extent of dispensing with the presence of the petitioner before the trial Court.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and in view of the submission of the learned counsel, the presence of the petitioner/A-3 before the trial Court is dispensed with except on the dates on which the learned Magistrate insists for her appearance. The petitioner/A-3 shall be properly represented through her counsel before the trial Court.

7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. _________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO

25.4.2016 AMD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO

CRIMINAL PETITION No.6150 OF 2016 Date:25.4.2016 AMD