Legal heirs of the deceased cannot settle Criminal cases on his behalf : Punjab and Haryana HC [Read Judgment]

It is inexplicable how they can be allowed to do so on behalf of a dead person. Possibility that they have acted under pressure or for some consideration, cannot be ruled out, the court said while refusing to quash the FIR.The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that legal heirs of the deceased cannot enter into a compromise with the accused. Justice Rajan Gupta refused to allow an...