Shankar Kanjibhai Parmar vs Bimabhai Vikrambhai Bokhiriya Advocate - P R APARNATHI — 172/2025

Case under The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Section 415. Disposed: Uncontested--LOK ADALAT on 14th March 2026.

Case disposed

CR A - CRIMINAL APPEAL

CNR: GJPB010016002025

Filing Number

172/2025

Filing Date

10-Dec-2025

Registration No

172/2025

Registration Date

10-Dec-2025

Court

DISTRICT AND SESSIONS COURT PORBANDAR

Judge

1-Principal District & Sessions Judge

Decision Date

14-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Uncontested--LOK ADALAT

Last updated 15-May-2026

Acts & Sections

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Section 415
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 138

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.Shankar Kanjibhai Parmar

    Adv. J D SALET

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.Bimabhai Vikrambhai Bokhiriya Advocate - P R APARNATHI

  2. 2.The State of Gujarat

    Adv. S B JETHWA

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 14-Mar-2026

    OrderView PDF

    The court set aside the conviction and one-year sentence imposed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, following a compromise settlement reached between the appellant and complainant at the National Lok Adalat. The court relied on Supreme Court precedent establishing that Section 138 cases are primarily compensatory in nature and that compounding at later stages is permissible when appropriate compensation is agreed upon by both parties. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 14-Mar-2026

    Disposed

    Principal District & Sessions Judge

  4. 11-Mar-2026

    Process To Respondents

    Principal District & Sessions Judge

  5. 16-Feb-2026

    Process To Respondents

    Principal District & Sessions Judge

  6. 12-Jan-2026

    Process To Respondents

    Principal District & Sessions Judge

  7. 08-Jan-2026

    Process To Respondents

    Principal District & Sessions Judge

  8. 10-Dec-2025

    OrderView PDF

  9. 10-Dec-2025

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  10. 10-Dec-2025

    Case filed

    Registration No. 172/2025

casestatus.in Summary

The court set aside the conviction and one-year sentence imposed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, following a compromise settlement reached between the appellant and complainant at the National Lok Adalat. The court relied on Supreme Court precedent establishing that Section 138 cases are primarily compensatory in nature and that compounding at later stages is permissible when appropriate compensation is agreed upon by both parties. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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