M/S. Purple Cube Technologies Pvt., Ltd., v. M/S. Gsn Technologies

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 22.08.2023

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N. ANAND VENKATESH Crl.O.P No.19102 of 2023 and Crl.M.P.No.12784 of 2023 M/s.Purple Cube Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Rep by its Director Ramalingam Ramakrishnan, No.66/18, Karpagam Avenue, R.A.Puram, Chennai 600 028.

...Petitioner

vs.

M/s.GSN Technologies, Rep by Mr.G.Thangaraj No.12, 2nd Street, New India Colony, Puzhuthivakkam, Chennai 600 091

...Respondent

PRAYER:

Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to call for the records and set aside the order dated 09.11.2022 passed in Crl.M.P.No.1078 of 2021 in STC.No.785 of 2019 by the learned Judicial Magistrate, Fast Track Court, Poonamallee and direct payment of interim compensation of Rs.18,00,000/-.

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ORDER

This criminal original petition has been filed challenging the order passed by the Court below dismissing the application filed by the petitioner under Section 143A(1) of the Negotiable Instruments Act to direct the respondent to pay 20% of the cheque amount as interim compensation.

2. This Court carefully considered the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the materials available on record.

3. On going through the records, this Court finds that the STC is pending from the year 2019 onwards. If this petition is entertained and notice is ordered to the respondent and the proceedings are stayed, this petition will not see the light of the day and the proceedings will be pending for years together. Therefore, considering the fact that the complaint is pending for the last 4 years, this Court deems it fit not to go into the merits of the order passed by the Court below and rather this Court directs the learned Fast Track Magistrate, Poonamallee to dispose of STC No.785 of 2019 within a period of 3 months from the date of receipt of copy of this order and the complaince report shall be filed before this Court.

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4. This criminal original petition is disposed in the above terms. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petition is also closed. 22.08.2023 Index : Yes/No Internet : Yes/No Speaking Order/Non-Speaking Order nsa To 1.The Judicial Magistrate, Fast Track Court, Poonamallee 2.The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Chennai 600 104..

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N. ANAND VENKATESH, J.

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