APHC010069832019 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO I.Nos.1, 2 and 3 of 2025 In&and CRIMINAL REVISION CASE NO: 277/2019 Between: D.veera Raghavulu ...PETITIONER AND G Venkataiah and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. V VENKATA NAGA RAJU Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 2. The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER: I.A.No.3 of 2025 The application is filed to permit the 1st respondent to compound the offence with the petitioner. The petitioner and the 1st respondent are present 2 and submitted that they had amicably resolved the matter at the instance of the elders of both sides.. 2. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and in view of the settlement arrived at between the parties, the petitioner is permitted to compound the offence with the accused. Accordingly, I.A. No. 3 of 2025 is allowed, permitting the 1st respondent to compound the offence with the petitioner. I.A.No.2 of 2025 3. The application is filed seeking to compromise the case. A joint memo is also filed by the Petitioner/Accused and 1st respondent for compromise. 4. For the reasons mentioned in the joint memo and affidavits, the petition is allowed permitting the petitioner to compromise the case. Accordingly, the I.A.No.2 of 2025 is allowed. I.A.No.1 of 2025 6. The application is filed seeking to withdraw the amount of Rs.1,00,000/- covered by the Fixed Deposit Receipt drawn on Union Bank of India, Mangalagiri Branch in the name of the learned Additional Junior Civil Judge, Mangalagiri in C.C.No.609 of 2015, dated 08.04.2019 which was pursuant to the impugned order passed by this Court in I.A.No.1 of 2019 in Crl.R.C.No.277 of 2019 dated 11.0.2019. 3 7. In view of the settlement of the dispute in between the petitioner and the 1st respondent. The I.A.No.1 of 2025 is allowed permitting the petitioner/Accused to withdraw the amount of Rs.1,00,000/-. 5. The Hon9ble Apex Court in Damodar S. Prabhu v. Sayed Babalal H1 observed that for compounding an offence under the provisions of the NI Act before the revisional Court, i.e., the High Court, the petitioner is required to pay a certain amount towards costs. However, the Hon9ble Apex Court in Madhya Pradesh State Legal Services Authority v. Prateek Jain2 relaxed the rigor of the judgment in Damodar S. Prabhu supra and observed that in appropriate cases, matters can be compounded at the revision stage either on payment of minimal costs or by waiving the costs in suitable cases. 7. Considering the financial position of the petitioner, this Court is inclined to permit both parties to compromise the matter, subject to payment of minimal costs of Rs. 5,000/- to the High Court Legal Services Committee. The costs of Rs. 5,000/- shall be payable to the High Court Legal Services Committee within one (1) week. Upon payment of the minimal costs, the criminal revision case is disposed of as compromised. The petitioner is acquitted under Section 320(8) of 8the Cr.P.C9. 8. In view of the above, I.A. Nos.1, 2 and 3 of 2025 are allowed, permitting both parties to compromise the case. Respondent No.1 is permitted to compound the offence with the petitioner 1 (2010) 5 SCC 663 2 (2014) 10 SCC 690 4 9. Accordingly, the I.A.Nos.1, 2 and 3 of 2025 are allowed, and the Criminal Revision Case is disposed of as compromised by compounding the offence. Consequently, the conviction and sentence passed by the learned Additional Junior Civil Judge, Mangalagiri, in C.C.No.609 of 2015, dated 29.06.2016, as confirmed in Criminal Appeal No.357 of 2016, dated 05.12.2019, by the learned XII Additional Sessions Judge, Guntur, are set aside, as a result, the petitioner is acquitted. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, interlocutory applications, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ Dr. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Dt: 07.01.2026 KMS 5 142 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL REVISION CASE NO: 277 OF 2019 07.01.2026 6 W KMS