Sathyendra Padiyara Manuru v. Hardik Shah
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court (NC: 2025:KHC:41459), CRL.RP No. 1147 of 2025, decided 17.10.2025 by Ravi V Hosmani J. Keywords: Section 138 NI Act; cheque dishonour; criminal revision S.397/401 CrPC; S.438/442 BNSS; mediation settlement; Section 89 CPC; Karnataka Civil Procedure (Mediation) Rules 2005 Rules 24-25; acquittal on settlement; setting aside conviction and sentence; S.200 CrPC complaint; C.C.No.59836/2018; Crl.A.No.25391; Hardik Shah v. Sathyendra Padiyara Manuru; settlement of Rs.16,34,000/-; default/enforcement clause Rs.11,31,000/-; linked case C.C.No.31638/2018 (Mahek Bharat Shah, Rs.4,50,000/-).
What did the court decide?
Revision petition allowed in terms of the Memorandum of Settlement; concurrent judgments of conviction and orders of sentence set aside and petitioner acquitted of the offence under S.138 NI Act; settlement payments totalling Rs.16,34,000/- recorded, with default remedies preserved for the complainant.