IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL REVISION No.743 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-273 Year-2008 Thana- SITAMARHI COMPLAINT CASE District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== Anil Singh @ Anil Kumar Singh, Son of Late Ram Nihora Singh, Resident of Village- Tara Jeevar, P.S.- Hathauri, District- Muzaffarpur. ... ... Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Sunita Devi, Wife of Anil Singh, Resident of Village- Tara Jeevar, P.S.- Hathauri, District- Muzaffarpur At Present C/o Father Rajkaran Prasad, Village- Marpa Sirpal(Basbitta), P.S.- Mejorganj, District- Sitamarhi. ... ... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Ajay Kumar Thakur, Advocate Mr. Purushottam Kumar, Advocate Mr. Deepak Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Chandra Sen Prasad Singh, APP For the O.P. No.2 : None. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA KUMAR ORAL ORDER 11 17-08-2026 Learned counsel for the Petitioner as well as learned APP for the State is present. 2. However, nobody is present on behalf of the O.P. No.2. 3. The present Criminal Revision Petition has been preferred by the Petitioner against the judgment dated 20.08.2022 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge-10, Sitamarhi in Criminal Appeal No. 51 of 2017, whereby learned Additional Sessions Judge has upheld the judgment of conviction and order of sentence passed by learned Additional Patna High Court CR. REV. No.743 of 2022(11) dt.17-08-2026 2/3 Chief Judicial Magistrate-VII, Sitamarhi in Complaint Case No. 273 of 2008, corresponding Trial No.723 of 2017, whereby learned A.C.J.M. had found the Petitioner guilty of the offence punishable under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and he was sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment of one and a half year and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/-. 4. However, during pendency of this Criminal Revision, the Petitioner and the Opposite Party No.2/Complainant have entered into compromise and filed their I.A. bearing No. 1 of 2026 supported by affidavit of the Petitioner and O.P. No.2, whereby they have solemnly stated that good sense have prevailed and they have settled their disputes including the present criminal case and the Petitioner has given Rs.12,00,000/- by way of three cheques which have been already enchashed and a proof of the encashment of three cheques for an amount of Rs.12,00,000/- is filed across the board and the same is taken on record. 5. It has been claimed by both the parties in the Interlocutory Application in the light of the judgment of Ramgopal Vs. State of M.P as reported in 2022 14 SCC 531 and Manohar Singh Vs. State of M.P. as reported in 2014 13 SCC 75, that Court can compromise the matter at any stage, Patna High Court CR. REV. No.743 of 2022(11) dt.17-08-2026 3/3 such criminal case arising out of matrimonial dispute. 6. Accordingly, the I.A. No.1 of 2026 is allowed, compounding the offence and setting aside the judgment of conviction and order of sentence. 7. Hence, the Petitioner is acquitted and the present revision petition stands disposed of, accordingly. Chandan/- (Jitendra Kumar, J.) U T