Supreme Court of India

Gulab Das & Ors. v. State of M.P.

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Reported as [2011] 13 S.C.R. 177
Bench Dr. B.S. Chauhan and T.S. Thakur JJ.
Decided 16 November 2011
Status Distinguished

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the settlement arrived at between the parties is a sensible 8 step that will benefit the parties, give quietus to the controversy and rehabilitate and normalise the relationship between them.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.320 - Compounding of offences - Held: The offences c which are not compoundable uls.320 cannot be allowed to be compounded even if there is any settlement between the complainant on the one hand and the accused on the other - However, even when compounding is rejected, the fact of settlement between the parties can be taken into consideration 0 while determining the question of sentence to be awarded to the accused-appellants - Compromise - Penal Code, 1860 - ss.307, 323, 325 .. Sentence/Sentencing: Reduction of sentence - Fight between two brothers and

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