Compromise Between Complainant & Accused Does Not Mean That The Criminal Case Would Always End In Acquittal: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

23 Feb 2019 5:22 PM IST

“In a given case, it may happen that the prosecution still can prove the guilt by leading cogent evidence and examining the other witnesses and the relevant evidence/material, more particularly when the dispute is not a commercial transaction and/or of a civil nature and/or is not a private wrong.”

The Supreme Court has observed that, in every case, it cannot be concluded that there would be no conviction in a criminal case, if the complainant and the accused arrive in a compromise. In two cases, the High Court relied on a Supreme Court judgment in Shiji @ Pappu and others vs.Radhika, to conclude that there was no chance of recording conviction against the accused persons, in...

Compromise Between Complainant & Accused Does Not Mean That The Criminal Case Would Always End In Acquittal: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

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