https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=345812 Settlement between the parties led to compounding of the Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act offence, and the concurrent conviction and sentence were set aside with the appellant acquitted. The Court also held that exemplary costs could be imposed as a condition of granting such relief, because judicial time had been consumed, and non-compliance would attract consequences. The operative effect was that compromise secured relief from conviction, but the relief was made conditional on payment of costs. en-us Mon, 24 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 28 Jul 2017 08:26:45 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=345812 Settlement between the parties led to compounding of the Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act offence, and the concurrent conviction and sentence were set aside with the appellant acquitted. The Court also held that exemplary costs could be imposed as a condition of granting such relief, because judicial time had been consumed, and non-compliance would attract consequences. The operative effect was that compromise secured relief from conviction, but the relief was made conditional on payment of costs. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 24 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=345812