APPR.346-10 - 1 - VPH IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION No. 346 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION No. 637 OF 2008 Ajit Ganesh Joshi ...Applicant Vs. Opendra Singh Sehgal & Anr. ...Respondents *** Mr. Subodh Desai, for the Applicant. Mr. Ashwin Modi, for Respondent No.1. Mrs. V. R. Bhonsale, APP for the Respondent-State. *** CORAM: V. M. KANADE J. DATE : OCTOBER 21, 2010 P.C. 1. The parties have settled the dispute. They have annexed consent terms to the application at Exhibit “A”. The applicant states that he has deposited the entire amount in this Court and therefore, he has no objection if the said amount is paid to the complainant and orders passed by the lower Courts be quashed and set aside as the complaint is also compounded in view of the settlement between the parties. APPR.346-10 - 2 - 2. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent No.1 submits that he has no objection if the revision application is allowed, as the offence under S. 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act is compoundable. In view of the consent terms, the orders, passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, 30th Court, Kurla, Mumbai dated 3rd April 2006 in C.C. No. 339/SS/2003 and confirmed by the Special Judge in Criminal Appeal No. 499 of 2006 by judgment & order dated 4th December, 2008, are quashed and set aside. Respondent No.1 is permitted to withdraw the amount deposited by the applicant in this Court. The applicant is accordingly acquitted and the criminal application and also the criminal revision application are allowed in above terms. [ V. M. KANADE J.]