Convictions u/s 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act can't be compounded post-conviction, even with Section 482 CrPC.

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....Dishonor of Cheque - initiation of Criminal Case - Whether a criminal case initiated under Section 138 of Negotiable Instrument Act, after ending in conviction and reach its logical end - when once a Criminal Case registered under Section 138 of the N.I. Act, had handed down the conviction either in the Appeal or in the Revision by the High Court, the question of compounding of the offence(s) thereafter under Section 147 of the N.I. Act by invoking Section 482 Cr.P.C. is not permissible - HC....