HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.1672 OF 2008 AND CRIMINAL R.C.M.P. No.1085 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.1672 OF 2008 COMMON JUDGMENT: This Criminal Revision Case is filed by the accused Ch. Ranga Rao assailing the judgment dated 7-11-2008 in Criminal Appeal No.144 of 2008 passed by the learned IV Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad, confirming the conviction and sentence imposed by the learned III Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad in C.C. No.1004 of 2004 dated 25-04-2008 for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short “NI Act”). 2. Criminal R.C.M.P. No.1085 of 2010 is also filed by the accused seeking permission of the Court to compound the offence and set aside the conviction and sentence imposed on him by both the Courts below. 3. The complainant P. Rajasekhar – respondent No.2 herein, and the accused Ch. Ranga Rao are present and on being questioned, the complainant reports that the matter has been compromised between them out of Court, as such, they may be permitted to compound the offence and consequently acquit the accused closing the complaint. 4. The complainant produced his original PAN card bearing No.AGUPP4496R, which contains his photograph, and it shows his father’s name as P. Shankar Rao and his date of birth as 16-06-1974. Thus, there is no dispute about the identity of the complainant. Accused is identified by his counsel. 5. In the circumstances particularly in view of the fact that the offence is under Section 138 of NI Act and that the parties have amicably settled the matter between them out of Court, they can be permitted to compound the offence and the petitioner can be acquitted of the offence. 6. Accordingly, the parties are permitted to compound the offence and Criminal R.C.M.P. No.1085 of 2010 is allowed compounding the offence between the parties. 7. As a sequel, the Criminal Revision Case is also allowed setting aside the conviction and sentence imposed on the petitioner by both the Courts below and he is acquitted under Section 320(8) Cr.P.C. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J April 12, 2010. PV