Since the issue involved in all these criminal petitions
are one and the same, they are being heard together and being
disposed of by way of this common order.
2. These Criminal Petitions are filed seeking to set aside
the order dated 19.11.2024 passed in Crl.M.P.Nos.30, 33, 28
and 32 of 2023 in C.C.Nos.204885, 204894, 205248 and
204895 of 2018, respectively, by the learned XVI Additional
Judge-cum-XX Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, City Civil
Court, Secunderabad.
3. The brief facts of the cases are that the
petitioner/complainant in all the cases had filed petitions,
respectively, under Section 319 Cr.P.C. seeking to include Mr.
Arun Kumar Agarwal, Executive Director of the accused
company, as accused No.3 in the original complaint filed
under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, stating
that though notices were issued to both the Managing Director
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and Executive Director before filing the complaint, they were
not made parties in their personal capacities, and that since
the Executive Director had signed the cheque on behalf of the
company, he was a necessary party for adjudication.