Supreme Court of India

R. Mohan v. A.K. Vijaya Kumar

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Reported as [2012] 7 S.C.R. 1
Bench Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai JJ.
Decided 3 July 2012

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we find no illegality in the order passed by the learned Magistrate and confirmed by the Sessions Court in awarding sentence in default of payment of compensation.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.357(3), 421 and 431 - Sentence in default of payment of compensation - Legality of - Issuance of cheque without sufficient balance in the bank - Trial court sentenced the accused (drawer of the cheque) to simple imprisonment for 3 months and also directed him to pay compensation of Rs. 5 lakhs to the payee uls.357(3) CrPC - Further direction of trial court that if the compensation amount was not paid, the accused would have o to undergo additional imprisonment of 2 months - Order upheld by Sessions Court - In revision, High Court, while confirming the

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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