CRLP/2134/2025 of E MALLIKARJUN Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

APHC010083982025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3457] (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2134/2025 Between: E Mallikarjun ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. CH VENKAT RAMAN Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: The petitioner is seeking the quashment of the order passed in Crl.M.P. No. 1827 of 2024 in C.C. No. 171 of 2019 on the file of the III Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tirupati. 2. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is disputing the signatures on the promissory notes relied upon by the 2nd respondent in C.C. No. 171 of 2019, filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The petitioner has filed Crl.M.P. No. 1827 of 2024 2 before the III Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tirupati, seeking a direction to refer the promissory note for handwriting expert opinion. The learned Magistrate dismissed Crl