:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO.57 OF 2006 M/s. D.G. Patil & Company. ..Applicant. Vs. Tata Finance Ltd. and ors. ..Respondents. Mr.N.P.Deshpande for the Applicant. Mr.A.H.H.Ponda for the Respondent No.1. Mr.S.S.Pednekar, APP. for the State. CORAM : R.S. MOHITE,J. DATED : 03/3/2006. P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. Heard both the parties. 2. The parties have settled their dispute and filed joint application for compounding the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The said application is signed by both the parties as well as their advocates. The parties have been identified by the concerned advocates. The said application for compounding the matter is taken on record and marked "X" for identification. In view of the joint application made to this court, the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act :2: is allowed to be compounded and the conviction and sentence recorded in Criminal Case No.405/SS/2005 by Metropolitan Magistrate, 30th Court, Kurla, Mumbai on 22.7.2005 and confirmed in Criminal Appeal No.55 of 2006 (Appeal Stamp No.3878/2005) by the Additional Sessions Judge, Greater Bombay on 16.1.2006 are set aside and the applicant is acquitted of such charge. It is made clear that compounding of this matter will not affect the merits of any other proceedings which are pending in the civil court. Application stands disposed of. 3. The non bailable warrant which has been issued by the Trial court against the applicant to stand cancelled. (R. S. MOHITE, J.)