SC Permits Wife & Daughters Of Deceased De Facto Complainant To Compound Criminal Case [Read Order]

ashok kini

18 Jan 2019 4:37 PM IST

"Section 320 (4)(b) stipulates that when the person who would otherwise be competent to compound an offence under this Section is dead, the legal representative, as defined in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) of such person may, with the consent of the Court compound the offence."

The Supreme Court has permitted the wife and daughters of a de-facto complainant (who died during the pendency of criminal proceedings) to compound a criminal case by entering into compromise with the accused.In this case, the high court had modified the conviction of the accused from Section 307 IPC to Section 325 IPC, thus reducing the sentence of imprisonment from five years to two years....

SC Permits Wife & Daughters Of Deceased De Facto Complainant To Compound Criminal Case [Read Order]

ashok kini

"Section 320 (4)(b) stipulates that when the person who would otherwise be competent to compound an offence under this Section is dead, the legal representative, as defined in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) of such person may, with the consent of the Court compound the offence."

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