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TMI Blog2023 (7) TMI 878X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... udgment of conviction and order of sentence, referred to above and accused is acquitted from the offence, punishable under Section 138 of the N.I. Act, subject to payment of 10% of the cheque amount, as compounding fee. The amount shall be deposited by the accused with the Secretary, H.P. State Legal Service Authority, within two months from today, failing which the revision petition shall be deem ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... espondent has no objection in case the present application is allowed. 3. Petitioner Prem Lata has filed the present petition, against the judgment dated 30.12.2021, passed by the Court of learned Sessions Judge, Bilaspur, H.P. (hereinafter referred to as' the Appellate Court'). 4. By way of judgment dated 30.12.2021, learned Appellate Court has dismissed the Criminal appeal No. 7/10 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... instead of directing the accused to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of one month, the same has been reduced till rising of the Court. Similarly, the compensation amount has also been reduced from Rs. 1,50,000/-to Rs. 1,25,000/-. 7. Aggrieved from the said judgment, the present revision petition has been allowed. 8. During the pendency of the present revision petition, the matter has ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the fact that parties to the lis have compounded the offence, which is permissible under the provisions of the N.I. Act, the present petition is allowed by setting aside the impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentence, referred to above and accused is acquitted from the offence, punishable under Section 138 of the N.I. Act, subject to payment of 10% of the cheque amount, as compounding f ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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