THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY Crl.R.C.No.218 of 2004 Dated:17th February, 2010 Between: M/s. Agro Vikraya Seva Kendram, Dealers in Fertilizers and Pesticides, rep. by Nerukonda Ravi …Petitioner AND The State of A.P. rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & Anr. ….Respondents *** THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY Crl.R.C.No.218 of 2004 JUDGMENT: This Criminal Revision Case is directed against the judgment dated 06.02.2004 passed in Crl.Appeal No.17 of 2003 on the file of XI Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court), Guntur, whereby and whereunder the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge confirmed the conviction and sentence of the petitioner/accused No.2 for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act passed against him in C.C.No.97 of 2002 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class for Excise, Guntur. 2. Pending the revision, the petitioner/A2 and the 2nd respondent/complainant appeared before the Court along with their respective counsel and moved Crl.R.C.M.P.No.430 of 2010 seeking permission to compound the offence. The said Crl.R.C.M.P. is being allowed on this day by a separate order. 3. In view of the offence being compounded, the conviction of the petitioner/A2 for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act is liable to be set aside. 4. Accordingly, the Criminal Revision Case is allowed at the admission stage setting aside the conviction and sentence of the revision petitioner/A2 for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and he is acquitted of the same. The fine amount, if any paid by the revision petitioner, is ordered to be refunded to him. ______________________ B.SESHASAYANA REDDY, J. Date:17th February, 2010. cs THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY Crl.R.C.No.218 of 2004 Dated:17th February, 2010