IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.49227 of 2007 GIRISH NANDAN PRASAD SINGH @ CHANCHAL BABU Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ANR ----------- 03 26.02.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, counsel for the State and counsel for Opposite Party No.2. The allegations are under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code and 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act. Both offences are compoundable in the law. The Courts have always been in favour of encouraging, compounding of offences which are compoundable in the law. The dispute is private. There is no public policy involved and no social disharmony has been created by the alleged offence. This application is, therefore, disposed off with the observation that if the parties settle their differences out of Court on the amount in question, and an application for compounding is filed, the court below shall be obliged to consider such application for compounding on behalf of the parties in light of the aforesaid discussion and dispose the same in accordance with law expeditiously. P.K. (Navin Sinha, J.)