JITUBHAI RAMABHAI PRAJAPATI vs DABHI SIDDHARAJSINH BALVANTSINH Advocate - S C VAGHELA — 451/2025

The court allowed the criminal appeal and acquitted the appellant of charges under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act after the complainant and accused reached an amicable settlement regarding the disputed cheque during the National Lok-Adalat. The court quashed the original conviction and one-year imprisonment sentence, relying on Section 147 of the N.I. Act which permits compounding of offences, and waived all costs considering the parties' positive settlement and the accused's financial condition. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.