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M/s. Meters and Instruments Private Limited & Anr. v. Kanchan Mehta

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Reported as [2017] 10 S.C.R. 66
Bench Adarsh Kumar Goel and Uday Umesh Lalit JJ.
Decided 5 October 2017

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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 accused . is willing to deposit the cheque amount - Held: Where the cheque 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. . - The normal rule for trial of cases under

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