Rajasthan High Court - Jodhpur
Arjun Dan vs State Of Rajasthan (2025:Rj-Jd:3343) on 17 January, 2025
Author: Manoj Kumar Garg
Bench: Manoj Kumar Garg
[2025:RJ-JD:3343]
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT
JODHPUR
S.B. Criminal Revision Petition No. 92/2025
Arjun Dan S/o Jasudan, Aged About 42 Years, R/o Davola Bas ,
Baori, Tehsil Baori, Dist Jodhpur (At Present Lodged In Central
Jail Jodhpur)
----Petitioner
Versus
1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp
2. Dilip Vyas S/o Nena Lal, R/o Village Suraj Basani,,post
Bawarla Via Banar , Tehsil And Dist Jodhpur
----Respondents
For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Bajrang Singh Rathore for Mr.
Ram Singh Rawal
For Respondent(s) : Mr. O.P. Choudhary, Addl. G.A.
Mr. Saurabh Soni
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR GARG
Order 17/01/2025 An application (IA No.01/2025) under Section 5 of the Limitation Act for condoning the delay in filing the criminal revision petition has been filed by the petitioner.
For the reasons and grounds mentioned in the application, the application is allowed.
Delay in filing criminal revision petition is, hereby, condoned. This revision petition has been filed against the judgment dated 06.06.2022 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge No.4, Jodhpur Metropolitan in Criminal Appeal No.551/2017 by which, the appeal filed by the petitioner was dismissed and the judgment dated 19.09.2017 passed by the learned Additional Civil (Downloaded on 17/01/2025 at 11:18:22 PM) [2025:RJ-JD:3343] (2 of 3) [CRLR-92/2025] Judge and Metropolitan Magistrate No.9, Jodhpur Metropoliatn in Crl. Regular Case No.2859/2013 convicting and sentencing the petitioner for offence under Section 138 N.I. Act has been affirmed. The petitioner was sentenced to undergo one year & six months simple imprisonment along with fine in the sum of Rs.3,79,000/- in default of payment of fine, to further undergo six month S.I. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner and complainant-respondent No.2 have entered into a compromise in the spirit of Lok Adalat and the respondent No.2 has received all the amount from the petitioner and does not want to proceed with the matter, therefore the sentence of imprisonment awarded to the petitioner may be set aside. The copy of the compromise is already placed on record.
Learned counsel for respondent No.2 concurs with the facts stated by the counsel for the petitioner.
I have considered the arguments advanced by counsel for the parties and perused the compromise deed.
Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case, since the parties have settled their dispute and complainant respondent No.2 has accepted the sum towards full and final settlement of dispute on the satisfaction of the complainant and in the light of provisions of Section 147 of NI Act and in view of law laid down by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Damodar S. Prabhu Vs. Sayed Babalal H. reported in 2010 (5) SCC 663, the sentence awarded to the petitioner for offence under Section 138 (Downloaded on 17/01/2025 at 11:18:22 PM) [2025:RJ-JD:3343] (3 of 3) [CRLR-92/2025] NI Act is liable to be set aside. However, since the compromise has been arrived at after rejection of the appeal preferred by the petitioner, a cost of 15% of the cheque amount deserves to be imposed upon the petitioner in light of the decision rendered by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Damodar S. Prabhu (supra).
Accordingly, the conviction and sentence of imprisonment awarded to the petitioner for offence under Section 138 NI Act vide judgment dated 06.06.2022 and 19.09.2017 are hereby set aside on the basis of the aforesaid compromise subject to deposition of cost of 15% of the cheque amount. The cost shall be deposited by the petitioner before the Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority, Jodhpur within a period of one month from today. In case, the cost is not deposited by the petitioner before the Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority, Jodhpur within the stipulated period, the revision petition may be listed before this Court for passing appropriate orders.
The revision petition is allowed in the above terms. Suspension of sentence application also stands decided accordingly.
A copy of this order be sent to the Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority, Jodhpur.
(MANOJ KUMAR GARG),J C-2-Rashi/-
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