Cr. Revision No.44/2008 4.06.2009 Present: Mr. Neeraj Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Ramesh Thakur, Assistant Advocate General for respondent No.1. Mr. Devender Ghosh, Advocate, vice counsel for respondent No.2. Cr. MP No. 329 of 2009 Present application has been moved by both the parties, seeking leave of the Court to compound the offence, under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act of which offence, the petitioner has been convicted and sentenced by the trial Magistrate and his appeal against such conviction and sentence stands dismissed by the Sessions Court. Application is supported by the affidavits of both the revision petitioner (convict) and the respondent (complainant). In terms of the compromise, out of the total amount of Rs.6 lacs, deposited with this Court in compliance with the order dated 14.3.2008, passed by this Court, a sum of Rs.5 lacs, in all, is to be paid to the complainant and the rest of the amount, together with interest, if any, accrued thereon, on account of its deposit by this Court, is to be refunded to the revision petitioner-convict. Since the offence is compoundable, per provision of Section 147 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, application is allowed and leave is granted to the parties to compound the offence. Cr. Revision No. 44 of 2008 In view of the compromise arrived at between the parties, as recorded in Cr. MP No. 329 of 2009, present revision petition is allowed. Judgment of the trial Magistrate, as affirmed by the Sessions Court, convicting and sentencing the revision petitioner, is set aside and it is ordered that out of the amount of Rs.6 lacs, deposited with this Court, pursuant to order dated 14.3.2008 of this Court, a sum of Rs.5 lacs - 2 - be paid to the respondent-complainant and the rest of the amount, together with interest that is supposed to have accrued thereon, be refunded to the petitioner. Revision petition stands disposed. June 4, 2009 (ss) ( Surjit Singh ), J.