@ HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR \ .M.P. no. 181 of 2011 ‘ PETITION UNDER SECTION 482 OF CODE OF CRmINAL » . PROCEDURE, 1973. ‘ _ (SB :I-Ion’ble Mr. T.P.Sharma, J.) “£2 Present ~ Mr Santos]: Kumar ’I‘Iwan, Advocate for the pehuoner Ms Sumta Jam P.L for the State/respondent No 2 Respondent No 1 not nonced , ORAL. oRnER (passed on 31/03/2011) 1. By this petition under Section 48 of the Code of Criminal Pmceduxe, 2 1973 (in short ‘the Code’) petiu'oner has challenged the legality and propriety of the order dated 29/ 1 1/ 2O 10 passed by 31" Additional Sessions Judge (F.T.C.) Raigarh (C.G.) in criminal revision No. 162/ 10mg the , judgment dated 30/9/ 10 passed by Judicial Magistrate First Class, Raigarh in criminal case No. 191/ 10 Whexeby Judicial Magistrate Fiist Class, Ralgarh has convnted the mspondent No 1 under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and sentenced s1mple imprisonment for 1 month and also awarded compensation of Rs. 22,000/— i.e. more than the amount of cheque. APPLICANT, Bnjmohan Agrawal Slo Late Kahcharan Agmwa] aged about 60 years, R/o Dampara, Tahsll as District Raigarh(Chhattisga1-h) VERSUS ( HON~APPLICANTS 1. Devanand Patel s/o Lat: $Iiouk1'1al Patel, aged about 33 years R/o village Armada, RS. and :I‘ahsil Pussoxe, District Raigarh (Chhattlsgarh) 2. State of Chhatusgarh Thmugh The Dlstnct Collector, RaJgarh (C G )1 @ g Learned counsel for the pditioncr submits that while awarding r , compensau'on trial Court has not awarded compensmion twice to the amount of cheque and thereby committod an illegality. Order awanhng compensatlon 1n case of dlshonomd of the cheque ls dlscretlonaxy and Wlnle awamdmg compensanon ma] Court hm excremd, \ 1ts dxscrenon same 1s not lllegalny. Therefore, Without touchmg the meats of the conviction of the mspondent No. 1, I do not lind any‘soope of interference in exercise of extmoxdmaty Inherent Junsdmnon Consequently, petmon 1s hable to be d1sm15sed and 1s hemby dismasod Sd/— T.P. Sharma Judge 4/