HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. KESHAVA RAO
I.A.No.1 of 2021
IN/AND
CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.2233 of 2017
COMMON ORDER:
I.A.No.1 of 2021 is filed by the petitioner/accused praying this
Court to compound the offence punishable under Section 138 of the
Negotiable Instruments Act and acquit him by setting aside the
sentence and imprisonment imposed in Crl.A.No.391 of 2015, dated
21.07.2017
, on the file of the Special Judge for the trial of Offences under S.Cs. and S.Ts. (POA) Act-cum-VI Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Secunderabad, confirming the judgment passed in C.C.No.621 of 2013, dated 04.05.2015, on the file of the XI Special Magistrate, Secunderabad.
This Court on 01.03.2021 directed the parties to appear before the Registrar (Judicial) on 08.03.2021 for their identification and the Registrar (Judicial) thereafter shall submit a report to that effect by 15.03.2021. 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 affidavit filed in support of 2 I.A.No.1 of 2021 and the joint memo filed by both parties, I.A.No.1 of 2021 is allowed.
In view of the orders passed in I.A.No.1 of 2021, the sentence and imprisonment imposed in Crl.A.No.391 of 2015, dated 21.07.2017, on the file of the Special Judge for the trial of Offences under S.Cs. and S.Ts. (POA) Act-cum-VI Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Secunderabad, confirming the judgment passed in C.C.No.621 of 2013, dated 04.05.2015, on the file of XI Special Magistrate, Secunderabad, are hereby set aside. The petitioner is directed to pay 10% of the cheque amount to the High Court Legal Services Committee, Hyderabad, within a period of six 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: 15.03.2021.
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