THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRL.R.C.M.P.No.1866 of 2009 AND CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.2005 of 2004 COMMON ORDER: The petitioners herein were tried in C.C.No.804 of 2000 on the file of the Court of XI Metropolitan Magistrate, Secunderabad, for the offences punishable under Sections 138 and 142 of Negotiable Instruments Act. After detailed trial, the learned XI Metropolitan Magistrate, Secunderabad, came to the conclusion that the offence punishable under Section 138 of N.I. Act is made out against the accused and, accordingly, by judgment dated 01.10.2004, convicted and sentenced the accused to undergo Simple Imprisonment for six months and to pay a fine of Rs.50,000/- as compensation to the complainant. As against the said judgment dated 01.10.2004, the petitioners preferred an appeal in Criminal Appeal No.287 of 2004 on the file of the Special Judge for the trial of offence under SCs & STs (POA) Act-cum-VI Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Secunderabad. During the pendency of the said appeal, the accused filed Crl.M.P.No.442 of 2004 seeking interim suspension of sentence of imprisonment and also interim suspension of payment of compensation amount ordered by the trial Court, and the lower appellate Court, by order dated 05.11.2004, granted interim suspension of sentence of imprisonment till 23.11.2004 and also granted interim suspension of payment of compensation ordered by the trial Court till 23.11.2004, subject to condition of the accused depositing half of the amount of compensation ordered by the trial Court on or before 23.11.2004. Aggrieved thereby, the present Criminal Revision Petition is filed. On 05.08.2009, when the matter was taken up for hearing, both counsel represented that the entire amount was paid by the accused and that they will file a petition seeking compound of the offence. Today, a compromise petition being Crl.R.C.M.P.No.1866 of 2009 is filed by the complainant, duly signed by both parties, praying this Court to permit it to compound the offence with which accused Nos.1 and 2 were charged and to acquit them. In support of the said compromise petition, the Proprietor of the complainant filed an affidavit, wherein he stated that, at the instance of friends and well-wishers, the matter was settled and co0mpromise was arrived at between both parties, that the accused paid Rs.3,00,000/- in total, towards the settlement of dues covered under the present criminal revision, Crl.R.C.No.42 of 2002 and also two other C.Cs. pending before the lower Court and he received the same to his full satisfaction and, as such, he has no further claims against the accused. In view of the matter being compromised between the parties, as stated supra, Crl.R.C.M.P. is ordered, and consequently the Criminal Revision Case is allowed, setting aside the judgment dated 01.10.2004 in CC.No.804 of 2000 on the file of the Court of XI Metropolitan Magistrate, Secunderabad, and the order dated 05.11.2004 in Crl.M.P.No.442 of 2004 in Criminal Appeal No.287 of 2004 on the file of the Court of the Special Judge for the trial of offences under SCs & STs (POA) Act-cum-VI Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Secunderabad. _________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA,J 12.08.2009 v v