2018 INSC 0411
                                    SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

                                        Bhangu Trading Company

                                                      Vs.

                                                 Surjit Singh

                                          Crl.A.No.808-809/2018

                             (Kurian Joseph and Sanjay Kishan Kaul,JJ.,)

                                                 02.07.2018

                                                JUDGMENT

Kurian Joseph,J.,

SLP (Crl.)No.4687-4688/2018

1. Leave granted.

2. The appellants are before this Court aggrieved by the conviction and sentence under
Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. Learned counsel appearing for the
original complainant, the respondent(s) herein, submits that subsequent to the judgment of
the High Court the parties have settled their disputes and the cheque amount has been
received.

3. In the peculiar facts and circumstances, we are of the view that since the parties have
settled the disputes, to do complete justice, the disputes should be given a quietus, subject to
appropriate terms.

4. Accordingly, these appeals are allowed and the conviction and sentence imposed on the
appellant(s) is set aside. The appellant(s) are directed to pay an amount of Rs.10,000/-
(Rupees Ten Thousand) as costs to the State Legal Services Authority, within a period of
three weeks from today.

5. Pending applications, if any, shall stand disposed of.

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