Rachna Sharma v. Anant Overseas Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
CRL.M.C. 1497/2025 & CRL.M.C. 1498/2025 (Pulkit Sharma and Rachna Sharma v. Anant Overseas Pvt Ltd & Ors.), Delhi High Court, Justice Manoj Jain, order dated 23.05.2026: quashing petitions concerning Complaint Case No. 7125/2019 (offences under Sections 138/141, Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881) disposed of as infructuous after the Trial Court, by order dated 22.05.2026, allowed compounding of the offence in terms of Section 147 NI Act and all four accused were acquitted; mediation had failed; Trial Court compounding order taken on record; complainant expressly permitted to pursue judicial remedy against the compounding order; no precedent cases cited; single-judge coram.
What did the court decide?
Both CRL.M.C. 1497/2025 and CRL.M.C. 1498/2025 disposed of as having become infructuous, the underlying complaint having ended through compounding (order dated 22.05.2026 under Section 147 NI Act) with acquittal of all accused; Trial Court order taken on record; complainant's liberty to seek appropriate judicial remedy against the compounding order expressly preserved.