Bombay High Court Quashes Attempt to Murder Case Against Husband Based on Compromise Between Spouses — Inherent Powers Under Section 482 CrPC Invoked to Quash Non-Compoundable Offence in Matrimonial Dispute. The court held that where the complainant wife and accused husband have genuinely compromised and are living together, continuing prosecution for Section 307 IPC would be an abuse of process, and proceedings can be quashed to secure the ends of justice.
8 Aug 2011The petitioner, Sau. Chandrabhagabai Nighut, the wife of respondent no.2, filed a criminal application under Sections 482 and 320 of the Code of Crimi...
