Patna High Court delivered eight judgements on November 10, 2025 in Amrendra Kumar vs. The State of Bihar and Munshi Mahto vs. The State of Bihar, Karnal Kumar vs. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Excise, Government. of Bihar, Patna, Pankaj Kumar Sinha @ Pankaj Kumar vs. The State of Bihar by Justice Arun Kumar Jha, Amrit vs. The State of Bihar by Justice Harish Kumar, Dhananjay Nishad @ Dhananjay Kumar Nishad vs. The State of Bihar, by Justice Sourendra Pandey Rajeev Ranjan vs. The State of Bihar, by Justice Ajit Kumar and Bibhuti Kumar Singh vs. The State of Bihar, by Justice Partha Sarthy.
Out of these four were by Justice Jha. In Amrendra Kumar's case, Justice Jha concluded:" in the light of the provision of Negotiable Instruments Act and the decision of Hon’ble Supreme Court rendered in the case of Gian Chand Garg (supra), the present revision petition is allowed and the judgment dated 25.02.2020 and judgment and order of sentence dated 23.08.2019 are set aside."
In Gian Chand Garg vs. Harpal Singh & Anr. passed in Special Leave To Appeal (CRL.) No. 8050 of 2025, the Supreme Court in its order dated August 11, 2025 held that although dishonour of cheque entails criminal consequence, the legislature by virtue of section 147 of the Negotiable Instrument Act has made it compoundable notwithstanding the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and the same can be compounded at any stage of the proceedings especially when the parties have themselves arrived at a voluntary compromise. Thereafter, considering the compromise between the complainant and the convict, the concurrent conviction rendered by the Courts below have been set aside.
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