Balai Chandra Mondal vs Laxmipriya Dey - S 138 NI Act - Object

Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 - Section 138 - The object of  Section 138  is primarily compensatory and the punitive element of the said provision has the object of enforcing the compensatory element - Referred to Meters and Instruments (P) Ltd. vs. Kanchan Mehta (2018) 1 SCC 560 [Context: SC reduced sentence imposed on the petitioner-convict]