1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 35 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 752 OF 2008 M/s. Nav Ratna Textiles Mills Pvt. Ltd. ... Applicant. V/s. Mr. Chandrakant Ratilal & Anr. ... Respondents. Mr. Runwal i/b. Kumudini Shinde for the Applicant. Mr. S.D. Khandelwala for Respondent 1. Mr. A.S. Shitole, APP for the State. CORAM : S.C. DHARMADHIKARI,J. DATED : 12th JANUARY 2010. P.C. :- This application is mentioned pursuant to liberty is granted in that behalf. 2. Leave to Appeal has been granted and Appeal was admitted on 15th July 2008. However, during the pendency of this Appeal, the Applicant/Appellant and Respondent No.1 have agreed to settle the matter amicably. The complainant has been paid a sum of Rs.1,60,000/- by pay order which has been accepted in full and final settlement. 3. The request is to permit the compounding of the offences. In fact, the appeal is against acquittal and therefore strictly this could not be said to be an application under Section 147 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. Despite 2 leave being granted to appeal in the light of the settlement arrived at, the Applicant/Appellant does not wish to press the appeal. In such circumstances, the appeal is disposed off by confirming the settlement between parties and the order dated 22nd December 2005 in Case No.1307/S/1999. The Application is disposed off accordingly. (S.C. DHARMADHIKARI,J.)