https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=440833 Offences under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 may be compounded even after settlement is reached at a later stage, and the court should give effect to a voluntary compromise when the complainant acknowledges full receipt and no surviving claim. In the present matter, the compounding was allowed, while the request for complete waiver of costs was declined; the court instead reduced the compounding fee in light of the mitigating circumstances. The conviction and sentence were set aside, the petitioner was acquitted, and the revision petition was disposed of on compromise with reduced costs. en-us Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 28 Jul 2023 09:18:48 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=440833 Offences under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 may be compounded even after settlement is reached at a later stage, and the court should give effect to a voluntary compromise when the complainant acknowledges full receipt and no surviving claim. In the present matter, the compounding was allowed, while the request for complete waiver of costs was declined; the court instead reduced the compounding fee in light of the mitigating circumstances. The conviction and sentence were set aside, the petitioner was acquitted, and the revision petition was disposed of on compromise with reduced costs. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=440833