Recently, the Supreme Court observed that the Courts cannot compel the complainant in a cheque dishonour case to give consent for the compounding of the complaint merely because the accused has.
Justice Amit Bansal of the Delhi High Court recently upheld summoning orders passed in a complaint case u/s 138 Negotiable Instruments Act, observing that evidence need not be gone into by the MM.
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The Supreme Court reitereated that in cheque cases, the evidence of witnesses on behalf of the complainant can be permitted to be taken on affidavit.In this case, the High Court quashed the order.