An attempt-to-murder case cannot be quashed even if the complainant and the accused reach a settlement as it is a non-compoundable offence, the Supreme Court has said.<\/p>\n
\u201cLooking to the serious allegations against the accused, we are of the opinion that the High Court has committed a grave error in quashing the criminal proceedings for the offences under Sections 307, 294, read with Section 34 of the IPC, solely on the ground that the original complainant and the accused have settled the dispute,\u201d said a Bench of DY Chandrachud and Justice MR Shah.Exercising its power of revision under Section 482 of the CrPC, the HC had quashed the case against accused Kalyan Singh and others. The state had challenged the HC verdict in the top court.<\/p>\n
On the contrary, non-compoundable offences are serious in nature having implications for society and the state and hence, can\u2019t be an affair between the complainant and the accused and the offenders are not allowed to be let off even if there is a settlement between the two sides.<\/p>\n
Allowing the appeal filed by the state against the HC order, the SC emphasised that the offence in question was not compoundable under Section 320 of the CrPC.
\nCompoundable offences are less serious in nature mostly affecting private persons and, therefore, can be compromised by the victim and offender and the accused gets exonerated without facing a trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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