https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=416538 Section 148 of the Negotiable Instruments Act permits an appellate court to direct deposit of a minimum percentage of the fine or compensation awarded by the trial court during the pendency of an appeal. Where the conviction under Section 138 included payment of the cheque amount as compensation, that direction could be enforced pending appeal. The earlier order suspending sentence did not finally dispose of the appeal, so a later deposit direction was not a barred review or alteration under Section 362 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The challenge to the deposit order therefore failed. en-us Thu, 09 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 01 Jan 2022 08:54:20 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=416538 Section 148 of the Negotiable Instruments Act permits an appellate court to direct deposit of a minimum percentage of the fine or compensation awarded by the trial court during the pendency of an appeal. Where the conviction under Section 138 included payment of the cheque amount as compensation, that direction could be enforced pending appeal. The earlier order suspending sentence did not finally dispose of the appeal, so a later deposit direction was not a barred review or alteration under Section 362 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The challenge to the deposit order therefore failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 09 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=416538