IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 51 OF 2010 MR. MINGUEL FERNANDES ... Petitioner Versus THE BHAGAWATI URBAN CO-OPERATIVE CREDIT SOCIETY LTD. REP. BY ITS SECRETARY SHRI. VITHAL K. GURAV ... Respondent Mr. Arjun F. Naik, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. Vivek Rodrigues, Advocate for respondent No.1. Mr. C. A. Fereira, Public Prosecutor for the State-respondent No.2. Coram:- A. P. LAVANDE, J. Date:- 1st March, 2011 P.C.:- This revision is directed against the Judgment and Order dated 13.8.2010 passed by the Assistant Sessions Judge, Mapusa in Criminal Appeal No.86/2010, partly allowing the appeal against the Judgment and Order of conviction passed by the Judicial Magistrate, F.C. Pernem in Private Criminal Case No.149/P/2009. The parties have filed an application under Section 147 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, seeking leave of the Court to compound the offence. The application is duly signed by the applicant and the respondents along with their respective Advocates. The same is taken on record and marked "X" for identification purpose. Along with the consent terms, a true copy of the resolution passed by the Society, authorising Shri Vitthal Krishna Gurav, Acting Secretary of the Society, to compound the offence is also filed. The same is also taken on record. 2. In view of the above, the parties are permitted to compound the offence, subject to depositing an amount of Rs.7,822/- in favour of the Goa State Legal Services Authority by Friday i.e. 4th March, 2011, in terms of the Judgment of the Apex Court. 3. In this view of the matter, the conviction of the applicant for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and the consequential sentence imposed on the applicant, are quashed and set aside and the applicant is acquitted of the said offence. The applicant is ordered to be set at liberty if not required in any other case. The Superintendent of the Central Jail to act on the basis of an authenticated copy of this order. A. P. LAVANDE, J. ssm.