Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 797 · Decided 14 November 2011
Shiji @ Pappu and ORS. v. Radhika and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 797 · [2011] 13 S.C.R. 135
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2094/2011
- Decided
- 14 November 2011
- Bench
- CYRIAC JOSEPH, T.S. THAKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 354, 394; CrPC Section 482, 320
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss. 482 and 320 - Criminal proceedings against appellants alleging commission A B of offence punishable u/ss. 354 and 394 /PC - Compromise C between the parties - Petition u/s. 482 for quashing the criminal proceedings - Dismissed by High Court- On appeal held: /PC is in terms of s. 320 compoundable at instance of the woman against whom the offence is committed and as such the proceedings thereunder D can be quashed - However, offence punishable u/s. 394 /PC is not compoundable with or without the permission of the court concerned but the High Court
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