ORDER 1. Leave granted. 2. As both sides are present the matter is disposed of at the initial stage. 3. The accused-appellant has been convicted under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year. He was also directed to pay a sum of Rs. 3,00,000/- as compensation to the complainant/first respondent (Nikhil Kumar Saha). 4. The aforesaid order of conviction and sentence has been affirmed in appeal and in revision by the High Court. 5. Before this Court an affidavit has been filed by the first respondent stating that the matter has been settled at the intervention of the family members and he has no objection if appropriate orders are passed by the Court closing the matter. 6. Upon hearing the learned counsels for the parties and on due consideration of the affidavit filed by the first respondent to the above effect and having regard to the totality of the facts of the case, we are of the view that the parties ought to be allowed to settle the matter. We order accordingly. 7. The offence, therefore, is compounded in terms of the settlement. Consequently, the order of conviction and the sentence imposed is set aside. The accused-appellant be set at liberty unless his custody is required in any other case. 8. The appeal is disposed of in the above terms.