Supreme Court of India
State of Rajasthan v. Shambhu Kewat and Another
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Penal Code, 1860 - s.307 - Conviction under, by trial courl - In appeal, the offence compounded by High Courl on the basis of compromise between parlies on account of monetary compensation paid to the victim - Held: Offence u/ s.307 is non-compoundable - High Courl compounded the offence by over-looking the 'nature and gravity of the crime' and 'the societal impact' - It accepted the compromise between parlies without application of mind and wrongly took the view that it was a crime against 'an individual' and not 'the society at large' - Settlement by monetary compensation would not wipe off…
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Where later benches applied it
- 2016 State of M.P. & Anr. v. Rajveer Singh & Ors.
- 2019 The State of Madhya Pradesh v. Laxmi Narayan and Others
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