https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=436134 Offences under the Negotiable Instruments Act may be compounded after conviction when the parties have settled the liability and the complainant has no objection. In this revision against concurrent findings under Section 138, the High Court accepted the compromise because the cheque dues had been cleared under a one-time settlement and the complainant bank had issued a no-objection certificate. Applying Section 147 and the Supreme Court's compounding principles, the Court held that post-conviction compromise could justify quashing the conviction and sentence. The offence was compounded, the conviction and sentence were set aside, and the accused was acquitted. en-us Tue, 28 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 06 Apr 2023 08:22:56 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=436134 Offences under the Negotiable Instruments Act may be compounded after conviction when the parties have settled the liability and the complainant has no objection. In this revision against concurrent findings under Section 138, the High Court accepted the compromise because the cheque dues had been cleared under a one-time settlement and the complainant bank had issued a no-objection certificate. Applying Section 147 and the Supreme Court's compounding principles, the Court held that post-conviction compromise could justify quashing the conviction and sentence. The offence was compounded, the conviction and sentence were set aside, and the accused was acquitted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 28 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=436134