direction to pay a fine has not been suspended under the impugned order, the respondent will have to be taken into custody for undergoing sentence imposed in default of payment of a fine. Learned ASG relied upon the decision of this Court in the case of Satyendra Kumar Mehra v. State of Jharkhand1. He pointed out the interpretation put by this Court to Section 357 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, ‘the CrPC’). He relied upon what is held in paragraph 36 of the said decision. He urged that there is a power to suspend the fine conferred by Section 389 of the CrPC with or without condition. He submitted that the impugned order does not record that the order of fine has been suspended. He, therefore, submitted that the impugned order would not help the respondent to avoid enforcement of the sentence in default of payment of the fine. He submitted that, in any case, the High Court could not have granted an 1 (2018) 15 SCC 139 Criminal Appeal No. 4277 of 2024 Page 4 of