https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190091 An appeal by a complainant under Section 378(4) of the Criminal Procedure Code lies only against an acquittal in a complaint case, so it was not maintainable where the accused had been convicted and sentenced. The earlier withdrawal of the appeal before the Sessions Court further confirmed the absence of a valid remedy under that provision. On sentence, the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act is compensatory in character and does not require imprisonment; a fine up to twice the cheque amount is within the statutory range. As no special circumstances justified enhancement, the compensation-based sentence was left undisturbed. en-us Fri, 22 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 10:32:38 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190091 An appeal by a complainant under Section 378(4) of the Criminal Procedure Code lies only against an acquittal in a complaint case, so it was not maintainable where the accused had been convicted and sentenced. The earlier withdrawal of the appeal before the Sessions Court further confirmed the absence of a valid remedy under that provision. On sentence, the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act is compensatory in character and does not require imprisonment; a fine up to twice the cheque amount is within the statutory range. As no special circumstances justified enhancement, the compensation-based sentence was left undisturbed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 22 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190091