Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 260 · Decided 3 May 2010
Damodar S. Prabhu v. Sayed Babalal H.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 260 · [2010] 5 S.C.R. 678
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 963/2010
- Decided
- 3 May 2010
- Bench
- K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, P. SATHASIVAM, J.M. PANCHAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 320, 147; Constitution Article 142; NI Act Section 147, 138
Headnote
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881: ss. 147 and 138 - Compounding of offence - Appeal before Supreme Court involving offences punishable uls 138 - Settlement having been arrived at between the parties - HELD: Compounding of offences allowed and conviction of 0 accused in each case Compounding of offence_s punishable u/s 138 - Guidelines - HELD: In view of the non-obstante clause, which has the overriding effect, the compo9nding of offences under the Act is controlled by s.147 and the scheme contemplated E bys. 320, Cr.PC will not be applicable in the strict sense since the
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