HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.N. RAO NALLA CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.1831 OF 2009 AND CRIMINAL R.C.M.P. No.2586 OF 2011 IN CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.1831 OF 2009 COMMON JUDGMENT: Criminal Revision Case is filed by the petitioner Chilaka Koteshwara Rao, sole accused, assailing the judgment dated 28-07- 2009 in Criminal Appeal No.283 of 2008 passed by the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge (FAC: V Additional District and Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court), Guntur, confirming the conviction and sentence imposed on him by the learned I Additional Junior Civil Judge, Sattenapalli vide judgment dated 14-08-2008 in C.C. No.265 of 2005 for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short “NI Act”). 2. Now Criminal R.C.M.P. No.2586 of 2011 is filed by both the parties i.e. the accused and the complainant, jointly seeking to compound the offence stating that they have settled the matter between them outside the Court and the accused paid Rs.45,000/- (Rupees forty five thousand only) to the complainant, and, as such, the main revision may be disposed of setting aside the conviction and sentence imposed on the accused. 3. The complainant - Komatineni Naga Malleshwara Rao and the accused - Chilaka Koteshwara Rao as well as their counsel are present. The complainant and the accused are identified by their respective counsel. 4. On being questioned, the complainant reported that the matter is compromised between himself and the accused out of Court and the accused paid a sum of Rs.45,000/- (Rupees forty five thousand only) to him, as ordered by the Courts below, for compounding the matter against him (accused), as such, accused may be acquitted of the offence by compounding the offence. 5. In view of the above statement of the complainant and considering the affidavits filed by the parties to that effect and as the parties have settled the matter amicably between them out of Court, this Court is of the view that the complainant can be permitted to compound the offence against the accused. 6. Accordingly, Criminal R.C.M.P. No.2586 of 2011 is allowed compounding the offence under Section 138 of the NI Act against the accused. 7. As a sequel, the Criminal Revision Case is also allowed setting aside the impugned judgments of conviction and sentence imposed on the petitioner – accused by the Courts below for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the NI Act and acquitting him for the same under Section 320(8) Cr.P.C. _________________ B.N. RAO NALLA, J August 26, 2011. PV