{"id":182852,"date":"2009-08-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/gulshan-kumar-singla-vs-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-7-august-2009-2"},"modified":"2016-11-02T11:06:36","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T05:36:36","slug":"gulshan-kumar-singla-vs-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-7-august-2009-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/gulshan-kumar-singla-vs-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-7-august-2009-2","title":{"rendered":"Gulshan Kumar Singla vs State Of Punjab And Another on 7 August, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Gulshan Kumar Singla vs State Of Punjab And Another on 7 August, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       Criminal Revision No. 1558 of 2009                                1\n\n\n\n\n                In the High Court of Punjab &amp; Haryana at Chandigarh\n\n\n                                       Criminal Revision No. 1558 of 2009 (O&amp;M)\n\n                                                  Date of decision : 7.8.2009\n\nGulshan Kumar Singla                                             ..... Petitioner\n                                            vs\nState of Punjab and another                                      ..... Respondents<\/pre>\n<pre>Coram:         Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal\n\n\nPresent:       Mr. Sourabh Goel, Advocate, for the petitioner.\n\n<\/pre>\n<p>               Mr. Anter Singh Brar, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab,<br \/>\n               for respondent no. 1.\n<\/p>\n<p>               Mr. Padamkant Dwivedi, Advocate, for respondent no. 2.\n<\/p>\n<p>Rajesh Bindal J.\n<\/p>\n<p>               The petitioner has filed the present revision before this Court<br \/>\nchallenging his conviction by the learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Barnala,<br \/>\nunder Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act,1881, which was upheld by<br \/>\nthe Additional Sessions Judge, Barnala. The petitioner has been sentenced to<br \/>\nundergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of two years and to pay a fine of Rs.<br \/>\n7,000\/-. In default of payment of fine, he had to undergo rigorous imprisonment<br \/>\nfor three months.\n<\/p>\n<p>               Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the dispute between<br \/>\nthe parties has been settled. Krishna Chand alias Krishna Kumar, who is father and<br \/>\nattorney of respondent no. 2-complainant, appeared in person in the court, and has<br \/>\nplaced on record his affidavit to the effect that now the matter in dispute has been<br \/>\ncompromised between the parties and he will not claim anything from the<br \/>\npetitioner. He has also made a statement to the effect that the amount has been<br \/>\nreceived by him towards his claim and has no objection in case the conviction of<br \/>\nthe petitioner is set aside.\n<\/p>\n<p>               Once the parties have settled their dispute, in terms of the Judgment<br \/>\nof Hon&#8217;ble the Supreme Court in <a href=\"\/doc\/1981864\/\">Vinay Devanna Nayak v. Ryot Seva Sahakari<br \/>\nBank Ltd.,<\/a> 2007(5) Law Herald (SC) 3843, the offence committed by the<br \/>\npetitioner for which he has been convicted, is compoundable.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">        Criminal Revision No. 1558 of 2009                            2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>               Accordingly, it is directed that the order of conviction and sentence<br \/>\nawarded by the Courts below in the case of the petitioner is set aside and he is<br \/>\nacquitted from all the charges levelled against him. He is directed to be released<br \/>\nfrom jail forthwith.\n<\/p>\n<p>               The petition is disposed of.\n<\/p>\n<pre>7.8.2009                                                  ( Rajesh Bindal)\nvs.                                                             Judge\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Gulshan Kumar Singla vs State Of Punjab And Another on 7 August, 2009 Criminal Revision No. 1558 of 2009 1 In the High Court of Punjab &amp; Haryana at Chandigarh Criminal Revision No. 1558 of 2009 (O&amp;M) Date of decision : 7.8.2009 Gulshan Kumar Singla &#8230;.. 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