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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
Sushil Kukreja, J
Diwan Chand – Appellant
Versus
Sunder Singh – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
The instant petition has been filed by the petitioner-accused under Section 442 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNSS”) against judgment dated 09.05.2024, passed by learned Sessions Judge Kinnaur, Sessions Division at Rampur Bushahr, H.P., in Criminal Appeal No. 58 of 2023, whereby the judgment of conviction and order of sentence, dated 08.08.2023, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Anni, District Kullu, H.P., in Case No. 157/2018, was affirmed.
2. The brief facts, giving rise to the present petition, can succinctly be summarized as under:
3. The complainant-Shri Sunder Singh was running a garment shop in the name and style “Shree Hans Readymade Garments, near bus stand Anni, District Kullu, H.P. and the petitioner-accused was also running a readymade garments shop in that area. The complainant and the petitioner-accused were well acquainted with each other. During the month of January, 2018, the petitioneraccused approached the complainant and requested to lend him Rs.2,48,000/- for depositing the whole KCC loan amount and he told that bank official had assured that after a week, the petitioner-accused can get the same released. On
Under Section 147 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, offences can be compounded post-conviction if both parties reach a valid compromise.
The court determined that offenses under the Negotiable Instruments Act can be compounded post-conviction, overriding standard compounding rules in the CrPC, based on a settlement between the parties....
Compounding of offences under Section 147 of the Negotiable Instruments Act is permissible even post-conviction, overriding general provisions of the CrPC.
Under Section 147 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, offences can be compounded even post-conviction if both parties reach a compromise and the complainant has no objection.
Under Section 147 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, offences are compoundable, allowing for quashing of conviction upon mutual settlement between parties.
Offences under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 are compoundable even after conviction, allowing for settlement between parties.
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