https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=427433 Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act permits imprisonment, fine, or both, and does not make custodial punishment mandatory in every conviction. The sentencing court retains discretion to tailor punishment to the facts and circumstances, and in revision the sentence may be modified where the ends of justice require it while the conviction remains undisturbed if guilt is not challenged successfully. On that basis, the conviction was maintained, the custodial sentence was set aside, and fine was substituted as the operative punishment, with the original fine kept intact and payable as directed. en-us Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 09 Sep 2022 07:03:25 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=427433 Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act permits imprisonment, fine, or both, and does not make custodial punishment mandatory in every conviction. The sentencing court retains discretion to tailor punishment to the facts and circumstances, and in revision the sentence may be modified where the ends of justice require it while the conviction remains undisturbed if guilt is not challenged successfully. On that basis, the conviction was maintained, the custodial sentence was set aside, and fine was substituted as the operative punishment, with the original fine kept intact and payable as directed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=427433