https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=421580 A cheque dishonour complaint under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act was validly compromised, as the compromise was verified as voluntary and the complainant raised no objection to acquittal. Applying the compounding framework under section 147, the Court permitted compounding subject to deposit of 15% of the cheque amount as costs with the State Legal Services Authority. On compliance with that condition, the conviction and sentence were set aside and the accused was treated as acquitted. en-us Wed, 20 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 27 Apr 2022 18:15:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=421580 A cheque dishonour complaint under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act was validly compromised, as the compromise was verified as voluntary and the complainant raised no objection to acquittal. Applying the compounding framework under section 147, the Court permitted compounding subject to deposit of 15% of the cheque amount as costs with the State Legal Services Authority. On compliance with that condition, the conviction and sentence were set aside and the accused was treated as acquitted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 20 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=421580