Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 410 · Decided 26 March 2008
Madan Mohan Abbot v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 410 · [2008] 5 S.C.R. 526
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 555/2008
- Decided
- 26 March 2008
- Bench
- TARUN CHATTERJEE, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 406, 379, 409, 418, 506, 34; CrPC
Headnote
.... < Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Quashing of proceedings - FIR alleging offences under provisions of /PC c - Compromise between the parties - Quashing of proceedings sought on the basis of compromise - Denied by High Court on the ground thats. 406 was not compoundable as the amount On appeal, held: Proceedings are liable to be quashed as the dispute was of D personal nature and no public policy was involved - The dispute where the question involved is of purely personal ' ! nature, the court should ordinarily accept the terms of ,... compromise even in criminal proceedings
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