T.Arunachalam, M/A 48 Years, v. A.N.Rajendiran,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 10.02.2021

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N. ANAND VENKATESH Crl.OP.No.275 of 2018 and Crl.MP.No.98 & 99 of 2018 T.Arunachalam

...Petitioner

.Vs.

A.N.Rajendiran ..Respondent PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to call for all the records and quash all the proceedings in C.C.No.2075 of 2017, on the file of the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, FTC-II, Egmore, Chennai. For Petitioner : Mr.P.Kumaresan 1/4

ORDER

This criminal original petition has been filed challenging the proceedings initiated by the respondent against the petitioner under Sections 138 and 142 of the Negotiable Instruments Act.

2. The grounds raised by the counsel for the petitioner are all factual in nature and it requires appreciation of evidence and this Court cannot decide the same in exercise of its jurisdiction under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code. It is left open to the petitioner to raise all the grounds before the Court below and the same shall be considered on its own merits and in accordance with law. This Court is not inclined to interfere with the proceedings pending before the Court below. 3.Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed with a direction to the Court below to complete the proceedings in C.C.No.2075 of 2017, on the file of the learned 2/4

Metropolitan Magistrate, FTC-II, Egmore, Chennai, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petitions are closed. 10.02.2021 2/2 Internet : Yes Index: Yes/No KP To Metropolitan Magistrate, FTC-II, Egmore, Chennai.

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N. ANAND VENKATESH, . J.

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