..(1).. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.490 OF 2008 IN CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO.415 OF 2004 ALONG WITH CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO.415 OF 2004 Jayant Champaklal Mehta. ..Applicant. Versus Manish K. Gupta and Others. ..Respondents. .... Mr.Vasantkumar G. Mehta, Advocate for the Applicant. Mr.V.B.Konde-Deshmukh, APP, for State. Ms.Swati Margi, Adv. for respondent No.1. .... CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. DATED : 21st November, 2008. DATED : 21st November, 2008. DATED : 21st November, 2008. P.C.: 1. Heard the learned Advocate for the applicant - orig.accused No.3, the learned Advocate for respondent No.1- orig.compalinant and the learned APP for the State. The complainant is present in Court. 2. By judgment and order dated 7.3.2003 the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, Mazgaon Court, Mumbai convicted the applicant under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act. Being aggrieved thereby ..(2).. the applicant preferred Appeal before the Sessions Court. The said appeal came to be dismissed. Hence, Criminal Revision Application No.415 of 2004 came to be preferred. 3. During pendency of this matter, the matter has been amicably settled between the parties and this application has been preferred for compounding the offence. In view of the fact that the matter has been amicably settled, the offence is compounded and the applicant - accused is acquitted therein. As per the settlement, the amount of Rs.1,60,000/- which has been deposited by the applicant before the trial Court be handed over to respondent No.1 - orig.complainant. The cash bail amount of Rs.5000/- deposited by the applicant in the trial Court be returned to the applicant. The documents filed by the parties be returned to the respective parties who have produced the same before the trial Court. 4. Both Criminal Application and Criminal Revision Application are disposed of accordingly. (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.)