P&H: Cancels Anticipatory Bail Granted On Compromise After Cheque Bounces; Accused Failed To Join Probe

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, S.138, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.483(3), Indian Penal Code, 1860, Ss.406, 420, 120-B — Dishonour of Cheque — Cancellation of anticipatory bail — Fails to join investigation — Grant of pre-arrest bail founded solely on settlement before the Mediation and Conciliation Centre — Dishonour of the first instalment cheque and failure to join investigation amount to misuse of concession and breach of the very basis on which protection was extended — Anticipatory bail