Supreme Court of India

Ram Lal and Anr. v. State of Jammu and Kashmir

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Reported as [1999] 1 S.C.R. 230
Bench K.T. Thomas and M.B. Shah JJ.
Decided 25 January 1999

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What the Court ordered

We hold that an offence which law declares to be H 232 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [1999) 1 S.C.R. A non-compoundable even with the permission of the Court cannot be com­ pounded at all.

Judgment, page 2

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to

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