IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No.1301 of 2009 Date of decision:- 11.3.2010 Mohinder Kumar ...Petitioner Versus Ish Kumar Jain and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present:- Mr. B.D. Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Kiran Kumar Madan, Advocate for respondent No.1. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab for respondent No.2-State. RAM CHAND GUPTA J.(Oral) This revision petition was adjourned sine die by this Court vide order dated 19.5.2009 with the direction to the petitioner to surrender before the Jail Authorities and to produce certificate to that effect and that only thereafter the revision petition be listed for motion hearing. The present revision petition has been taken up on the application of revision-petitioner that he has already surrendered before the jail authorities. Custody certificate of the revision-petitioner has been taken on record, according to which he is in custody since 22.2.2010, on which date he surrendered before the jail authorities. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the whole record carefully. It has been stated by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has since compromised with respondent-complainant and that entire amount of disputed cheque has been paid. Respondent No.2- complainant also appeared through counsel and filed affidavit to the effect Criminal Revision No.1301 of 2009 -2- that he has received the entire amount and that he wants to compound the offence and he has no objection if the offence is compounded and the accused is acquitted. Copy of compromise has also been placed on record, which is Annexure P-1. The offence under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act is compoundable one. Hence, in view of the fact that the parties have compounded the offence, the present revision-petition is accepted and the impugned order of conviction and sentence passed by learned trial Court dated 30.05.2008 and the order of learned Appellate Court dated 02.3.2009 are set aside. The revision-petitioner Mohinder Kumar stand acquitted of the charges and be released forthwith. The criminal revision-petition stands disposed of accordingly. March 11, 2010 ( RAM CHAND GUPTA ) vj JUDGE