https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303034 In a Section 138 NI Act prosecution, the appellate court may impose reasonable conditions while suspending sentence under Section 389 CrPC, including a requirement to deposit part of the compensation amount. The Court treated cheque dishonour liability as criminal liability arising by legal fiction, while recognising the complainant's entitlement to recovery within a reasonable time. Relying on prior authority approving deposit-linked suspension orders in cheque dishonour cases, it held that directing deposit of 25% of the compensation amount was lawful and not improper; the writ petition was dismissed. en-us Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 30 Jun 2022 11:36:08 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303034 In a Section 138 NI Act prosecution, the appellate court may impose reasonable conditions while suspending sentence under Section 389 CrPC, including a requirement to deposit part of the compensation amount. The Court treated cheque dishonour liability as criminal liability arising by legal fiction, while recognising the complainant's entitlement to recovery within a reasonable time. Relying on prior authority approving deposit-linked suspension orders in cheque dishonour cases, it held that directing deposit of 25% of the compensation amount was lawful and not improper; the writ petition was dismissed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303034