IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No.874 of 2010 Date of decision:- 18.3.2010 Saroj Malhotra ...Petitioner Versus Bhushan Thapar and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present:- Mr. P.N. Arora, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Digvijay Singh, Advocate for respondent No.1-complainant. RAM CHAND GUPTA J.(Oral) Heard. It has been stated by learned counsel for both the parties that parties have compounded the offence and that the entire amount has been received by respondent No.1 from the petitioner. It has been contended by learned counsel for the complainant that he does not want to pursue the said complaint any further and that the present revision petition may be accepted and the judgment of conviction, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Khanna dated 11.6.2002 and judgment passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Ludhiana dated 25.2.2010 may be set aside. Offence under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act is compoundable one. Hence, in view of the contentions that the same has been compounded, the present revision petition is accepted and the impugned judgment of conviction, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Khanna dated 11.6.2002 and judgment passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Ludhiana dated 25.2.2010 are set aside. The revision-petitioner is acquitted of the charge as the offence has been compounded. Revision-petitioner be Criminal Revision No.874 of 2010 -2- released if not required in any other case. The revision-petition is disposed of accordingly. March 18, 2010 ( RAM CHAND GUPTA ) vj JUDGE