Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 1009 · Decided 5 October 2017
M/S. Meters and Instruments Private Limited & ANR. v. Kanchan Mehta
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 1009 · [2017] 10 S.C.R. 66
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1731/2017
- Decided
- 5 October 2017
- Bench
- ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, UDAY UMESH LALIT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 258, 357(3); NI Act Section 138, 147, 258
Headnote
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881: ss. 138, 147 - Compounding" the offence under s. 138 on payment of cheque amount and in alternative for exemption from ·personal appearance - Permissibility - Question is how the proceedings for offence under s. 138 can be regulated where to deposit the cheque amount - Held: Where the cheque D amount with interest and cost as assessed by the Court is paid by a specified date, the Court is entitled to close the proceedings in exercise of its powers under s.143 of the Act read with s.258 Cr.P.C. - The normal rule for trial of
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