https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=391271 An offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act may be compounded under Section 147 even after conviction where the parties have amicably settled the dispute. The Himachal Pradesh HC noted that the complainant consented to compounding on release of the deposited compensation in his favour, and, because the dispute stood resolved inter se the parties, there was no impediment to accepting the settlement. The courts below were therefore set aside and the accused was acquitted after compounding was permitted in revision. en-us Wed, 08 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 24 Jan 2020 08:39:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=391271 An offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act may be compounded under Section 147 even after conviction where the parties have amicably settled the dispute. The Himachal Pradesh HC noted that the complainant consented to compounding on release of the deposited compensation in his favour, and, because the dispute stood resolved inter se the parties, there was no impediment to accepting the settlement. The courts below were therefore set aside and the accused was acquitted after compounding was permitted in revision. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 08 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=391271