IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 3131 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision : 22.12.2011. Krishan Lal ...... Petitioner Versus Gurjeet Singh ...... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. Mandeep Kaushik, Advocate, for the petitioner. Complainant-respondent in person with Mr. S.S. Salar, Advocate, NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) This revision is directed against the judgment dated December 7th, 2011 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Sangrur, upholding the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated March 10th, 2009 of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Malerkota, whereby, petitioner was convicted for the offence punishable under Section 138 of Negotiable Instrument Act (for short 'N.I. Act') and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay fine of Rs.2000/- with default stipulation. 2. Learned counsel for the parties have urged that during pendency of revision, matter has been compromised between the parties and the complainant has received the cheque amount of Rs.50,000/- along with compensation to the tune of Rs.25,000/- vide demand drafts (Annexure P-1 and P-2 photo copies). In 'Vinay Devanna Nayak Vs. Ryot Seva Sahakari Bank Limited' 2008 (1) RCR (Criminal) 249, Hon'ble Supreme Court allowed the compromise entered between the parties in view of Section 147 of N.I. Act and the primary object underlying Section 138 and acquitted the accused/appellant. 3. Since the matter has been settled between the parties and in view of provisions of Section 147 of N.I. Act and law Criminal Revision No. 3131 of 2011 (2) laid down in the aforesaid authority, the revisionist is entitled to acquittal. Resultantly, the revision is accepted and the orders of conviction and sentence passed by the Courts below are set-aside and he is acquitted. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 22.12.2011. SN