Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 940 · Decided 8 September 2022
P. Dharamaraj v. Shanmugam & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 940 · [2022] 9 S.C.R. 972
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1514/2022
- Decided
- 8 September 2022
- Bench
- S. ABDUL NAZEER, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 406, 409, 420, 506(1), 506; CrPC Section 320, 482; Constitution Article 226; Prevention of Corruption Act
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: ss.320, 482 - Compounding of Offence - Inherent powers of High Court - Exercise of, permissibility - As per s.320(9), no offence can be compounded except as provided in the said section - Compounding of offences is not permissible - Non-Compoundable offences are well within the jurisdiction of the High Court u/s.482 of the Code and Art. 226 of the Constitution and can be quashed on the basis of settlement but the court has to go slow while exercising such jurisdiction when the offence has impact
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