https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=445251 After compounding of a Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act complaint, recovery of the settled amount could proceed only through the fine-recovery mechanism under Sections 421 and 431 CrPC, and the Magistrate had no authority to sustain non-bailable warrants or proclamation proceedings under Section 82 CrPC. Those coercive steps were therefore treated as without jurisdiction. On the later settlement and renewed compounding, the FIR under Section 174A IPC was quashed because continuation of prosecution would serve no useful purpose and inherent jurisdiction was invoked to secure the ends of justice. en-us Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 02 Nov 2023 11:02:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=445251 After compounding of a Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act complaint, recovery of the settled amount could proceed only through the fine-recovery mechanism under Sections 421 and 431 CrPC, and the Magistrate had no authority to sustain non-bailable warrants or proclamation proceedings under Section 82 CrPC. Those coercive steps were therefore treated as without jurisdiction. On the later settlement and renewed compounding, the FIR under Section 174A IPC was quashed because continuation of prosecution would serve no useful purpose and inherent jurisdiction was invoked to secure the ends of justice. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=445251