Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 637 · Decided 8 October 2021
M/S Gimpex Private Limited v. Manoj Goel
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 637 · [2021] 11 S.C.R. 432
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1068/2021
- Decided
- 8 October 2021
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, VIKRAM NATH, B.V. NAGARATHNA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 409, 506(1); CrPC Section 482; NI Act Section 138, 139
Headnote
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 - ss. 138, 139 - Parallel prosecutions arising from a single transaction u/s.138 - Impermissibility of - Dishonour of cheques - First set of complaints filed - Compromise - cheques issued pursuant to the compromise deed also dishonoured - Second complaint filed - Both the complaints if can be pursued simultaneously - Held: No - A settlement agreement effaces the original complaint - Non-compliance of the terms of the settlement
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