Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (26 of 1881), Section 138, 148 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), Section 374, 389 -- Appeal against conviction in cheque bounce complaint -- Suspension of sentence – Condition of deposit of 20% of compensation amount – Challenge to -- Ld. Lower Appellate Court suspended the sentence of the petitioner subject to depositing 20% of the compensation amount within 03 months – Held, appellate Court was required to consider whether the case falls in the exception or not -- Imposition of the condition of depositing 20% of the compensation amount set aside – Matter remanded back to the learned Lower Appellate Court with a direction to decide the matter afresh in accordance with law in the light of judgment passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Jamboo Bhandari's case 2013 (12) SCALE 611.
