https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=418048 Post-conviction compounding of a cheque dishonour offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act was treated as permissible where the parties settled the dispute and the complainant consented to quashing. Invoking inherent powers under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the court applied the Supreme Court's guideline in Damodar S. Prabhu and accepted compounding in the interests of justice. The conviction and consequential proceedings were quashed, and the accused was directed to deposit the prescribed costs with the Gujarat State Legal Services Authority. en-us Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 16:58:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=418048 Post-conviction compounding of a cheque dishonour offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act was treated as permissible where the parties settled the dispute and the complainant consented to quashing. Invoking inherent powers under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the court applied the Supreme Court's guideline in Damodar S. Prabhu and accepted compounding in the interests of justice. The conviction and consequential proceedings were quashed, and the accused was directed to deposit the prescribed costs with the Gujarat State Legal Services Authority. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=418048