S. Venkateswarlu v. The State Of Telangana

HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. KESHAVA RAO I.A.No.1 of 2020 IN/AND CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.3562 of 2018 COMMON ORDER:

I.A.No.1 of 2020 is filed by the second respondent/complainant praying this Court to compound the offence punishable under Section of the Negotiable Instruments Act and acquit the petitioner/accused by setting aside the sentence and imprisonment imposed in Crl.A.No.344 of 2015 dated 26.10.2018 on the file of the learned VIII Additional District and Sessions Judge, Ranga Reddy District at L.B.Nagar, confirming the judgment passed by the learned Special Judicial Magistrate Court-II, Rajendranagar, Ranga Reddy District, in C.C.No.214 of 2013, dated 09.04.2015. This Court on 17.12.2020 directed the parties to appear before the Registrar (Judicial) on 23.12.2020 for their identification and the Registrar (Judicial) thereafter shall submit a report to that effect by 30.12.2020.

In compliance with the above said order, the parties along with their respective counsel appeared before the Registrar (Judicial), who, in turn, has identified them with reference to their aadhar cards and filed a report to that effect. The learned counsel also signed on the aadhar cards of their respective clients. Having examined the report of the Registrar (Judicial) of this Court and the averments made in the affidavits filed in support of I.A.No.1 of 2020 and the joint memo of compromise filed by both parties, I.A.No.1 of 2020 is allowed.

In view of the orders passed in I.A.No.1 of 2020, the sentence and imprisonment imposed in Crl.A.No.344 of 2015 dated 26.10.2018 on the file of the learned VIII Additional District and Sessions Judge, Ranga Reddy District at L.B.Nagar, confirming the judgment passed by the learned Special Judicial Magistrate Court-II, Rajendranagar, Ranga Reddy District, in C.C.No.214 of 2013, dated 09.04.2015, are hereby set aside. At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner already deposited a sum of Rs.30,00,000/- (Rupees thirty lakhs only) to the credit of C.C.No.214 of 2013. As per the terms of compromise, out of the deposited amount of Rs.30,00,000/-, respondent No.2 and the petitioner are at liberty to withdraw their respective amounts as per the terms of compromise.

Since the matter is settled out-side the Court, the petitioner is directed to pay a sum of Rs.2,00,000/- (Rupees two lakhs only) to the High Court Legal Services Committee, State of Telangana at Hyderabad, within a period of four weeks from today and produce the receipt before the Registrar (Judicial). Failure to comply with the above said order, the order passed in this criminal revision case automatically stands vacated.

Accordingly, the criminal revision case is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ P. KESHAVA RAO, J Date: 30.12.2020.

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