- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:3049 CRL.RP No. 1420 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 23RD DAY OF JANUARY, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE H.P.SANDESH CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION NO.1420 OF 2024 BETWEEN: C CHOWDA REDDY S/O. LATE CHOWDAPPA AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS, NO. SRI CHOWDESHWARI NILAYA NEAR TOODLERS MONTESSORI SCHOOL PRABHAKAR LAYOUT, CHINTAMANI TOWN CHIKKABALLAPURA DISTRICT -563125. …PETITIONER (BY SRI PRAVEEN C P, ADVOCATE) AND: A) C M REDDAPPA S/O LATE C. V. MUNISHAMI REDDY, DEAD BY HIS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES SMT. VARALAKSHMI W/O LATE REDDAPPA C M AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS, B) NAVYASHREE, R. D/O LATE REDDAPPA C M AGED ABOUT 24 YEARS Digitally signed by DEVIKA M Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:3049 CRL.RP No. 1420 of 2024 C) VARUN REDDY. R S/O LATE REDDAPPA C M AGED ABOUT 22 YEARS, LRS (A) TO (C) ARE R/AT NO.01, VARUN NILAYA WARD NO 8, 9TH CROSS RAJEEV NAGARA, PRABHAKAR LAYOUT, CHINTAMANI TOWN, CHIKKABALLAPURA DISTRICT - 563125. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI HARINATHA REDDY M A, ADVOCATE) THIS CRL.RP IS FILED U/S 397 R/W 401 CR.PC PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE CONVICTION AND SENTENCE PASSED BY BOTH THE COURTS BELOW IN CC NO. 271/2021 PASSED BY THE PRINCIPAL CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC AT CHINTAMANI 08/12/2022 AND ALSO IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 03/2023 PASSED BY THE II ADDL. DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, CHIKKABALLAPUR, SITTING AT CHINTAMANI, DATED 20/04/2024 AND ETC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE H.P.SANDESH - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:3049 CRL.RP No. 1420 of 2024 ORAL ORDER The petitioner and the legal representatives of the complainant/respondent and their respective counsel are present before the Court. 2. The parties have filed an application in I.A.No.1/2025 under Section 147 of N.I. Act accompanying with the affidavit wherein they have stated that the matter is settled between the parties and the petitioner herein has paid the amount of Rs.7,00,000/- by way of cash and the respondents submits that they have received the amount of Rs.7,00,000/- by way of cash in the month of December, 2024. 3. The counsel for the complainant also identified the legal representatives before the Court and the counsel for the petitioner also identified the petitioner. In view of the settlement arrived between the parties as having paid the amount of Rs.7,00,000/- as against Rs.18,15,000/- in view of settlement which has been acknowledged by the - 4 - NC: 2025:KHC:3049 CRL.RP No. 1420 of 2024 legal representatives of the complainant/respondent, it is appropriate to allow the application filed under Section 147 of N.I. Act and as a result, the revision petitioner is acquitted for the offence punishable under Section 138 of N.I. Act subject to petitioner depositing Rs.5,000/- before the Trial Court as fine to the State within one week from today and to produce the receipt for having paid the amount in the registry. Accordingly, I.A.No.1/2025 and the revision petition are disposed of. Sd/- (H.P.SANDESH) JUDGE SN