https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302256 An offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 cannot be compounded by the court without the complainant's consent. The analysis states that a prior compromise had already broken down and been rescinded, so unilateral compounding by the accused was not available. It further notes that the non-obstante clause in Section 147 does not displace the basic requirement of compounding under Section 320 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. On that basis, the refusal to compound was correct, and no separate ground was made out for quashing the complaint or the summoning orders. en-us Thu, 20 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 12 May 2022 08:41:44 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302256 An offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 cannot be compounded by the court without the complainant's consent. The analysis states that a prior compromise had already broken down and been rescinded, so unilateral compounding by the accused was not available. It further notes that the non-obstante clause in Section 147 does not displace the basic requirement of compounding under Section 320 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. On that basis, the refusal to compound was correct, and no separate ground was made out for quashing the complaint or the summoning orders. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 20 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302256