Bindu Kumar Kailash Mehta v. Rishiket Prakash Gujar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Criminal Application No. 1039 of 2025 (neutral citation 2025:BHC-AS:43139), N.J. Jamadar, J., decided 6 October 2025. Keywords: suspension of sentence; Section 138 read with Section 141 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1888; Section 357(3) CrPC; compensation Rs. 2,18,00,000/-; deposit condition of 20% of compensation versus 20% of cheque amount; four weeks' time granted; automatic vacation of suspension on default; Sessions Judge, Greater Mumbai orders dated 15 March 2024, 17 September 2025 and 19 September 2025; advocates R.A. Shaikh, Anupam Sharma, T.R. Yadav, Anjali Purav, P.P. Malshe (APP).
What did the court decide?
Four weeks' time granted to the Applicant to deposit 20% of the compensation amount awarded by the learned Magistrate before the Appellate Court; the order of suspension of sentence dated 15 March 2024 to continue to operate in the meanwhile; upon default in the deposit, the suspension order to stand vacated without further reference to the Court.