https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=415159 Where a Section 138 prosecution is settled through a genuine, voluntary and fully acted compromise, the revisional court may permit compounding and set aside the conviction to secure the ends of justice. The court treated the offence as compensatory in character and relied on the mediation settlement, under which the complainant had received the cheque amounts and an additional agreed sum, to hold that the dispute stood resolved. It also accepted a condition requiring deposit of 15% of the cheque amount with the U.T. Legal Services Authority. The revision petitions were allowed, the conviction and appellate affirmations were set aside, and the petitioners were acquitted subject to compliance with the deposit direction. en-us Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 29 Nov 2021 08:57:38 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=415159 Where a Section 138 prosecution is settled through a genuine, voluntary and fully acted compromise, the revisional court may permit compounding and set aside the conviction to secure the ends of justice. The court treated the offence as compensatory in character and relied on the mediation settlement, under which the complainant had received the cheque amounts and an additional agreed sum, to hold that the dispute stood resolved. It also accepted a condition requiring deposit of 15% of the cheque amount with the U.T. Legal Services Authority. The revision petitions were allowed, the conviction and appellate affirmations were set aside, and the petitioners were acquitted subject to compliance with the deposit direction. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=415159