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Order 8 · 18 Oct 2025 · CNR DLCT010127762024
Order Details: COPY OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS Pdf Text: Payal Gupta Vs. Ms Rajdhani Saree Sadan CNR No. DLCT01-012776-2024 Crl. Appeal No. 342/2024 18.10.2025 Present : Mr. Samad Khan, Ld. Proxy Counsel for Mr. M.S. Khan, Ld. Counsel for the appellant. The appellant is present. Mr. Aditya Chaudhary, Ld. Counsel for respondent. Mr. Sachin Aggarwal, Ld. Counsel for respondent (through video conferencing mode). At request, the matter is passed over. Abhishek Goyal ASJ-03, Central District, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi 18.10.2025 At 11.30 a.m. Present : Ms. Vijay Laxmi, Ld. Proxy Counsel for Mr. M.S. Khan, Ld. Counsel for the appellant. The appellant is present. Mr. Aditya Chaudhary, Ld. Counsel for respondent. AR of the respondent is present. Application for release of 20% of fine amount as per the settlement agreement has been moved on behalf of respondent. Copy thereof has been supplied to the Ld. Counsel for the appellant. At this stage, upon an query being posed by this Court to the Ld. Counsel for the appellant that the amount deposited by the appellant under Section 148 NI Act in the present case and the connected appeals is less than the settled amount, agreed to be released in favour of the respondent as per clause 6(ii) of the Mediation settlement agreement, Ld. Counsel has submitted that as per the Ld. Mediator, the balance amount was to be disbursed by release of FDs furnished surety of the Contd…../- -- 1 of 2 -- -2- appellant. However, the said clause is not comprehensible to this Court especially when the appellant is appearing before this Court, negating a possibility of forfeiture of surety. In the alternate, release of FDs to the surety is possible only if the case is compounded (or the appellant acquitted on merits) and surety discharged. At this stage, Ld. Counsel for the parties have submitted that they would seek necessary instructions from their clients in respect of the foregoing. Accordingly, request for short accommodation is made. In the interest of justice and as prayed for, list for further proceedings on 17.11.2025. Abhishek Goyal ASJ-03, Central District, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi 18.10.2025 -- 2 of 2 --