https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=435299 An offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act may be compounded even after conviction where the complainant has voluntarily settled the matter and received full payment. Section 147 of the Act permits compounding notwithstanding the Code of Criminal Procedure, and the bar under Section 320 CrPC does not prevent acceptance of a genuine compromise in such proceedings. On that basis, the conviction and sentence are liable to be set aside and the accused is entitled to acquittal, with the criminal liability extinguished on compounding. en-us Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 17 Mar 2023 08:36:16 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=435299 An offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act may be compounded even after conviction where the complainant has voluntarily settled the matter and received full payment. Section 147 of the Act permits compounding notwithstanding the Code of Criminal Procedure, and the bar under Section 320 CrPC does not prevent acceptance of a genuine compromise in such proceedings. On that basis, the conviction and sentence are liable to be set aside and the accused is entitled to acquittal, with the criminal liability extinguished on compounding. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=435299