https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=436624 An offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 may be compounded at any stage, including after conviction and dismissal of criminal revision, where the complainant accepts full payment and consents to compounding. Applying the wide scope of Section 147 NI Act and the settled position on post-conviction compromise, the Himachal Pradesh HC recalled the earlier revisional order, quashed the conviction and sentence, and acquitted the accused. The Court treated the compromise and complete satisfaction of the cheque liability as sufficient to terminate the prosecution and remove the criminal liability arising from the cheque dishonour proceedings. en-us Tue, 04 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:37:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=436624 An offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 may be compounded at any stage, including after conviction and dismissal of criminal revision, where the complainant accepts full payment and consents to compounding. Applying the wide scope of Section 147 NI Act and the settled position on post-conviction compromise, the Himachal Pradesh HC recalled the earlier revisional order, quashed the conviction and sentence, and acquitted the accused. The Court treated the compromise and complete satisfaction of the cheque liability as sufficient to terminate the prosecution and remove the criminal liability arising from the cheque dishonour proceedings. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 04 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=436624