IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 1462 of 2009 Date of decision : October 22, 2009 Surinder Singh ....Petitioner versus Ranjit Singh and another ....Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. K.K. Garg, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Anureet Sidhu, Advocate for respondent no. 1 L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Surinder Singh has filed this revision petition assailing his conviction and sentence recorded by the courts below for offence under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (in short, the Act), on complaint instituted by respondent no. 1 Ranjit Singh. Learned counsel for the parties state that the parties have arrived at settlement. Learned counsel for respondent no. 1, on instructions from Sukhraj Singh Sidhu, Advocate, Barnala, who is special power of attorney of respondent no. 1 and is present in person in the Court, states that parties have effected compromise and therefore, respondent no. 1 has no objection to the compounding of the offence and acceptance of the revision petition. Copy of special power of attorney filed today in Court by learned counsel for respondent no. 1 is taken on record. Criminal Revision No. 1462 of 2009 -2- Offence under section 138 of the Act is compoundable in view of section 147 of the Act. After conviction, compounding of the offence can be done with the leave of the court. In the instant case, grievance of complainant respondent no. 1 has been redressed. The offence is of commercial nature effecting the complainant only. Accordingly, permission to compound the offence is granted. In view of the aforesaid, the instant revision petition is allowed and judgments and orders of the courts below convicting and sentencing petitioner Surinder Singh are set aside and the petitioner is acquitted of the offence under section 138 of the Act in view of compromise between the parties. ( L.N. Mittal ) October 22, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'