Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 795 · Decided 28 November 2013
State of Rajasthan v. Shambhu Kewat and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 795 · [2013] 12 S.C.R. 973
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2018/2013
- Decided
- 28 November 2013
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, A.K. SIKRI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 307, 34; CrPC Section 320, 482
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.307 - Conviction under, by trial courl - In appeal, the offence compounded by High Courl on A B the basis of compromise between parlies on account of C monetary compensation paid to the victim - Held: Offence u/ s.307 is non-compoundable - High Courl compounded the offence by and gravity of the crime' and 'the societal impact' - It accepted the compromise between parlies without application of mind and wrongly took D the view that it was a crime against 'an individual' and not 'the society at large' - Settlement by monetary compensation would not wipe off the crime
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