https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=393847 An offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act can be compounded at the revisional stage where the parties settle the dispute and the complainant accepts payment of the cheque amount. Applying Section 320 CrPC, the High Court recognised the compromise, set aside the judgments of the courts below, and held that the conviction could not survive once compounding was permitted. The accused was therefore acquitted. en-us Fri, 13 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 24 Mar 2020 10:51:13 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=393847 An offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act can be compounded at the revisional stage where the parties settle the dispute and the complainant accepts payment of the cheque amount. Applying Section 320 CrPC, the High Court recognised the compromise, set aside the judgments of the courts below, and held that the conviction could not survive once compounding was permitted. The accused was therefore acquitted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 13 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=393847