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7.1. Having observed and found that because of the delay tactics of unscrupulous drawers of dishonoured cheques due to easy filing of appeals and obtaining stay on proceedings, the object and purpose of the enactment of Section 138 of the NI Act was being frustrated. Parliament has thought it fit to amend Section 148of the NI Act, by which the first appellate court, in an appeal challenging the order of conviction under Section 138of the NI Act, is conferred with the power to direct the convicted appellant-accused to deposit such sum which shall be a minimum of 20% of the fine or

7 compensation awarded by the trial court. By the amendment in Section 148

of the NI Act, it cannot be said that any vested right of appeal of the appellant-accused has been taken away and/or affected. Therefore, submission on behalf of the appellants that amendment in Section 148of the NI Act shall not be made applicable retrospectively and more particularly with respect to cases/complaints filed prior to 1-9-2018 shall not be applicable has no substance and cannot be accepted, as by amendment in Section 148 of the NI Act, no substantive right of appeal has been taken away and/or affected. Therefore the decisions of this Court in Garikapati Veeraya and Videocon International Ltd., relied upon by the learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the appellants shall not be applicable to the facts of the case on hand.

Therefore, considering the Statement of Objects and Reasons of the amendment in Section 148 of the NI Act stated hereinabove, on purposive interpretation of Section 148of the NI Act as amended, we are of the opinion that Section 148 of the NI Act as amended, shall be applicable in respect of the appeals against the order of conviction and sentence for the offence under Section 138of the NI Act, even in a case where the criminal complaints for the offence under Section 138of the NI Act were filed prior to Amendment Act20 of 2018 i.e. prior to 1-9-2018. If such a purposive interpretation is not adopted, in that case, the object and purpose of amendment in Section 148of the NI Act would be frustrated.

Therefore, as such, no error has been committed by the learned first appellate court directing the appellants to deposit 25% of the amount of One/compensation as imposed by the learned trial court considering Section 148of the NI Act, as amended.

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