Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 419 · Decided 24 September 2012
Gian Singh v. State of Punjab & Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 419 · [2012] 8 S.C.R. 753
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE TO PETITION (CRIMINAL)... No. 8989/2010
- Decided
- 24 September 2012
- Bench
- RAJENDRA MAL LODHA, ANIL R. DAVE, S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Reference answered
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 482, 320; Prevention of Corruption Act
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: ss. 482 and 320 - Quashing of criminal proceedings in a case where offender has settled his dispute with the victim A B c of crime, but the said crime is not compoundable - Ambit and scope of ss. 482 and 302 - Explained - Held: Power given to a court u/s 320 is materially 0 different from the quashing of criminal proceedings by the High Court in exercise of its inherent jurisdiction - In compounding of offences, power of a criminal court is circumscribed by the provisions contained in s. 320 and the court is guided solely
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