HIGH COURT LEGAL SERVICES COMMITTEE, CHENNAI

National Lok Adalat organised by the High Court Legal Services Committee

Saturday, the 13th day of December 2025

LOK ADALAT AWARD

(Chapter VI and u/s 21 of Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987)

Presided over by

The Hon'ble Mr.JUSTICE A.RAMAMURTHI

and

Members

Mr.R.Ravindra Bose, District Judge (Retd)

Mr.M.Nalla Thambi, Advocate

Crl.R.C.No.213 of 2025

(Revision Petition against the Judgment passed in Crl.A.No.637 of

2023 dated 07.06.2024 by the Principal Sessions Court, Chennai, confirming the order of the learned XXV Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore, Chennai, made in STC No.6880/2017 dated 02.09.2023 sentencing the petitioner / accused to undergo one year simple imprisonment and directed to pay the cheque amount of Rs.20,00,000/- as compensation under Section

255(2) of Cr.P.C.

A.Arokkiya Dass .. Appellant

Vs.

K.Mala .. Respondent

This case came up for settlement before the National Lok Adalat.

Both the parties are present. Mr.K.Arunagiri, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr.V.Suresh Kumar, learned counsel for the respondent are present. After mutual discussion, negotiation, mediation and conciliation between both parties, they arrived at a compromise to