Sri Satish Shetty v. K Umesh
Case brief
What is this about?
The High Court of Karnataka allowed a joint application under Section 147 of the N.I. Act to compound offences of cheque dishonour. Relying on a prior settlement and payment of graded costs, the Court set aside the convictions in six criminal cases and acquitted the accused. All six criminal revision petitions were disposed of as settled.
What did the court decide?
The common joint application under Section 147 of the N.I. Act was allowed. The parties were permitted to compound the offence. The impugned judgments of conviction and orders on sentence in all six c