https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=764665 An offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act is compoundable at any stage, including in revision, because Section 147 gives overriding effect to compounding under the Act. Where the parties file a genuine joint compromise memo showing settlement of the cheque liability and payment of the agreed amount, the revisional court may give effect to that compromise to secure the ends of justice. On that basis, the conviction and sentence for cheque dishonour were set aside and the accused was treated as acquitted on compounding. en-us Fri, 03 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 15 Jan 2025 18:16:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=764665 An offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act is compoundable at any stage, including in revision, because Section 147 gives overriding effect to compounding under the Act. Where the parties file a genuine joint compromise memo showing settlement of the cheque liability and payment of the agreed amount, the revisional court may give effect to that compromise to secure the ends of justice. On that basis, the conviction and sentence for cheque dishonour were set aside and the accused was treated as acquitted on compounding. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 03 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=764665