https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=430429 Section 147 of the Negotiable Instruments Act permits compounding of an offence under Section 138 at any stage, including after conviction and sentence have been affirmed. A petition under Section 482 CrPC for compounding was treated as maintainable on the basis of a later compromise, and the Court noted that withdrawal or a non-speaking dismissal of an SLP does not create a merger bar. Where the compromise was admitted and the compensation amount had been paid, the conviction and sentence were recalled, the offence was compounded, and the accused was acquitted, with consequential release of the deposited amount. en-us Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 19 Nov 2022 08:58:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=430429 Section 147 of the Negotiable Instruments Act permits compounding of an offence under Section 138 at any stage, including after conviction and sentence have been affirmed. A petition under Section 482 CrPC for compounding was treated as maintainable on the basis of a later compromise, and the Court noted that withdrawal or a non-speaking dismissal of an SLP does not create a merger bar. Where the compromise was admitted and the compensation amount had been paid, the conviction and sentence were recalled, the offence was compounded, and the accused was acquitted, with consequential release of the deposited amount. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=430429