BHANDERI PAYALBEN JAYMINBHAI vs Government of Gujarat — 80/2026

The 3rd Additional Sessions Judge, Jamnagar partially allowed the appeal against the conviction under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881, accepting the parties' compromise and quashing the imprisonment sentence. The court compounded the offence under Section 147 of the NIA, 1881, conditioned on the accused depositing Rs. 30,000 (7.5% of the cheque amount of Rs. 4,00,000) with the District Legal Services Authority within two weeks; failure to deposit would automatically annul the relief and restore the imprisonment order. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.