Revision against conviction under Section 138 NI Act confirmed in appeal. Parties filed a joint memo recording an amicable settlement of Rs.2,00,000 with staged payments. Court placed the memo on record and disposed of the petition, restoring the trial court order automatically if compensation is unpaid.
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NC: 2024:KHC:50065 CRL.RP No. 659 of 2024
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 04TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2024
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V SRISHANANDA CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION No.659 OF 2024
BETWEEN:
PROP. OF AJAYA ENGINEERING WORKS AND BIO EXPERTS, AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS, R/AT NO.25/26, VIVEKANANDA NAGARA, KEMPAPURA PIPELINE ROAD, CHIKKABANAVARA, BANGALORE-560090
…PETITIONER
(BY SRI SOMESHA D L, ADVOCATE)
AND:
Digitally signed by MALATESH K C
Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
D/O SRI. N. P RUDRAMUNI, AGED ABOUT 34 YEARS, R/AT 1ST CROSS, VIDYANAGARA, CHITRADURGA-577501
…RESPONDENT
(BY SRI NACHIKET JOSHI, ADVOCATE)
THIS CRL.RP IS FILED UNDER SECTION 397 R/W 401 CR.P.C PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT DATED 31.10.2023 PASSED BY THE HON’BLE 1ST ADDL. DIST. AND SESSIONS JUDGE AT CHITRADURGA, IN CRL.A. No. 22/2023 IN CONFIRMING THE JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE PASSED BY THE HONBLE PRL. CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC COURT, CHITRADURGA IN C.C.No.1193/2017 DATED 09.02.2023, FOR THE OFFENCE P/U/S 138 OF N.I. ACT AND ACQUIT THE PETITIONER IN THE ABOVE CASE.
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THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:
CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V SRISHANANDA
ORAL ORDER
Joint memo is filed which reads as under:
Rs.25,000/- by 31.01.2025 to the respondent.
Hence this memo.”
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disposed of .
Sd/(V SRISHANANDA) JUDGE
kcm List No.: 1 Sl No.: 29
2 provisions across 2 enactments
U P MANJUNATH
P R REVATHI
V SRISHANANDA
As recorded by the court registry
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