1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 85 OF 2008. Damodar S. Prabhu, Office No.205, 2nd Floor, Shiv Towers, Patto, Panaji-Goa ... Applicant. Versus 1. Amit Halarnkar, Resident of F-2, Ground Floor, Monarch Building, Amrai Colony, Near Kadamba Bus Stand, Ponda – Goa. 2. State Through Public Prosecutor. ... Respondents Mr. A. D. Bhobe, Advocate for the applicant. Respondent No.1 is present in person. Mr. C. A. Ferreira, Public Prosecutor for the respondent No.2. Coram :- A. P. LAVANDE,J. Date : - 16 th December,2008. ORAL JUDGMENT : 1. The petitioner along with Advocate Bhobe is present. The respondent No.1 is present in person. Mr. Ferreira, learned Public Prosecutor is present for the respondent No.2. 2 2. Rule. 3. Respondent No.1 and Mr. Ferreira, learned Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the respondent No.2, waive notice. 4. This revision is directed against the judgment and order passed by the Assistant Session Judge, North Goa, Panaji in Criminal Appeal No.54/2008 maintaining the conviction of the applicant recorded by the learned Magistrate for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. 5. The parties have entered into settlement and have requested this Court to compound the offence. The respondent No.1, who is present in person, admits to have signed the consent terms after understanding the contents thereof. The consent terms are taken on record and marked 'X' for identification. 6. In view of the consent terms filed, the parties are permitted to compound the offence. Accordingly, the judgment and order of conviction and sentence recorded by the learned Magistrate and judgment and order passed by the Lower Appellate Court, are quashed and set aside and the applicant stands acquitted of the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. 3 7. Rule is made absolute accordingly. The revision application stands disposed of. A. P. LAVANDE, J. SMA