Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:81093 Court No. - 73 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 16273 of 2025 Applicant :- Neetu Pandey Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Prateek Dwivedi Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Vikas Budhwar,J. 1. Sri Prateek Dwivedi, learned counsel for the applicant, on instructions, submits that though the application has been preferred to quash impugned summoning order, dated 14.12.2023 passed by Metropolitan Magistrate Court No. 8, Kanpur Nagar along with the entire proceedings arising out of Complaint No. 138480 of 2023 (Raj Kumar Kushwaha Vs.Smt. Neetu Pandey) u/s 138 N.I. Act, Police Station Seesamau, District Kanpur Nagar, pending in the court of learned Metropolitan Magistrate Court No. 8, Kanpur Nagar, however, he confines his relief for compounding under Section 147 of the N.I. Act in view of the judgement in Damodar S. Prabhu Vs Sayed Babalal AIR 2010 SC 1907. 2. Learned A.G.A. has no objection to the same. 3. Considering the submissions raised at the Bar, the application stands disposed of granting liberty to the applicant to prefer appropriate application for compounding under Section 147 of N.I. Act by 30.05.2025 and on the submission of the same, the court below shall decide the same within 45 days and, in case, such proceeding is preferred before the court concerned, then this Court has no reason to disbelieve that the same shall be decided with most expedition strictly in terms of the judgment passed in Damodar S. Prabhu (supra). 4. Till the application is decided, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicant with respect to summoning order, dated 14.12.2023 passed by Metropolitan Magistrate Court No. 8, Kanpur Nagar along with the entire proceedings arising out of Complaint No. 138480 of 2023 (Raj Kumar Kushwaha Vs.Smt. Neetu Pandey) u/s 138 N.I. Act, Police Station Seesamau, District Kanpur Nagar, pending in the court of learned Metropolitan Magistrate Court No. 8, Kanpur Nagar. 5. The protection accorded to the applicant is only available subject to compliance of the terms and conditions and timeline as provided herein and in case of default, the order shall stand vacated without reference to the Bench. Order Date :- 16.5.2025 Rajesh Digitally signed by :- RAJESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad