https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294200 A prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act may be compounded where the parties have genuinely settled the dispute and the complainant has received the dues. Although the State objected because the conviction and sentence had already been affirmed below and the compromise was reached at a late stage, the Court treated the settlement as decisive in the peculiar facts and granted permission to compound. The conviction and sentence were accordingly annulled in the interests of justice. en-us Mon, 15 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 10:29:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294200 A prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act may be compounded where the parties have genuinely settled the dispute and the complainant has received the dues. Although the State objected because the conviction and sentence had already been affirmed below and the compromise was reached at a late stage, the Court treated the settlement as decisive in the peculiar facts and granted permission to compound. The conviction and sentence were accordingly annulled in the interests of justice. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 15 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294200