Supreme Court: Jail Time Doesn't Cancel Compensation Obligation u/s 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act.

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....Order to pay compensation - N.I. Act - whether when compensation is ordered as payable for an offence committed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, and in default thereof, a jail sentence is prescribed and undergone, is compensation still recoverable? - Held Yes - SC....