IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH

AT JABALPUR

BEFORE

HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE B. P. SHARMA

th

ON THE 8 OF JANUARY, 2026

MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 17581 of 2025

SMT. SHYAMA BAI

Versus

DAYAL CHAND

Appearance:

Shri Ramanuj Choubey - Advocate for the petitioner.

ORDER BNSS. The learned Appellate Court suspended the sentence but imposed a condition to deposit 25% of the compensation amount while allowing the application under Section 389(3) of the Cr.P.C.

This petition under Section 528 of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita,

2023 is filed invoking the inherent powers of this Hon'ble court for quashing of condition to deposit the 25% of compensation amount vide impugned

order dated 07.01.2025.

2. The petitioner was tried for the offence punishable under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The learned Trial Court vide judgment dated 26.12.2024 passed in SCNIA No.210/2021, convicted the petitioner and sentenced him to six months' simple imprisonment and further directed

payment of Rs. 9,47,875/- as compensation under Section 357(3) CrPC.

3. During the pendency of the trial, the petitioner had already deposited a sum of Rs.1,40,000/- as an interim compensation, this fact stands recorded in

the judgmen