SACHIN KAPOOR vs VIJAY KUMAR ARORA & ANR.

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$~14 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: November 26, 2025 + CRL.REV.P.(NI) 68/2025 & CRL.M.A. 7004/2025, CRL.M.A. 7734/2025, CRL.M.(BAIL) 494/2025 SACHIN KAPOOR .....Petitioner Through: Counsel for the petitioner appearance not given. versus VIJAY KUMAR ARORA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sahil Verma, Advocate for R-1. Complainant in person. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN AMIT MAHAJAN, J.(ORAL) 1. The present petition is filed for quashing and setting aside of the order dated 18.02.2025 (hereafter ‘impugned order’), passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-05 (‘ASJ’), Dwarka Courts, New Delhi, in Criminal Appeal No. 271/2023 whereby the appeal filed by the petitioner challenging the judgment of conviction dated 20.04.2023 and order on sentence dated 28.04.2023 was dismissed. 2. By the judgment of conviction dated 20.04.2023, the petitioner was convicted for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (‘NI Act’) in CC No. 3710/2018. By the order on sentence dated 28.04.2023, the Signature Not Verified Signed By:KAMALDEEPCRL.REV.P.(NI) 68/2025 Page 1 of 4 KAUR Signing Date:28.11.2025 21:20:36 petitioner was directed to pay a find of ₹5,00,000/- to the complainant within a period of 60 days and in default, to undergo imprisonment for a period of six month, the complainant was also given liberty to move an application under Section 421 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1971 (‘CrPC’). 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that since the passing of the impugned order, the parties have amicably settled all their disputes inter se. He submits that in terms of the Memorandum of Understanding dated 07.03.2025, the entire settlement amount has been paid to Respondent No. 2. 4. He further submi