The High Court of Delhi ruled that an amount recovered by a complainant in a civil suit execution proceeding, arising from a dishonoured cheque, can be adjusted against the compensation amount imposed on the accused in a parallel criminal proceeding under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act for the same transaction. Applying a
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