The Rajasthan High Court, in a recent judgment, set aside the conviction and sentence of a petitioner in a cheque dishonour case under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, following a compromise between the parties. The court, while acquitting the petitioner, imposed a cost of 7.5% of the cheque amount, adhering to modified guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court for compounding such offences at the revision stage.

The judgment was delivered by Justice Mukesh Rajpurohit in the matter of Shamsuddin vs. State of Rajasthan & Anr.

Background of the Case

The present criminal revision petition was filed by Shamsuddin challenging two lower court judgments. The first was the judgment dated 09.01.2023 by the Special Judicial Magistrate (NI Act Cases), No.4, Udaipur. In this

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