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Compounding of Offences Under Section 320 of CR PDF
Compounding of Offences Under Section 320 of CR PDF
As per the Black’s Law Dictionary, “Compound” means “to settle a matter by a money payment, in lieu of other liability”.
The offences which are allowed to be compounded (Compromised) are described under Section 320 of the Code
of criminal Procedure, 1973. These are the offences which are simple and not grave in nature and can be compounded.
Section 320 of Cr.P.C.
Section 320 of Cr.P.C. provides for a list of offences that can be compounded. However such offences
have been classified into ones which can be compounded:-
a) With the permission of court
b) Without the permission of the court
Without the permission of Court
The offences punishable under the sections of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) specified in the first
two columns of the Table next following may be compounded by the persons mentioned in the third column of that
Table.
Section of
the Indian
Person by whom offence may be
Offence Penal
compounded.
Code
Applicable
1 2 3
Uttering wards, etc., with deliberate The person whose religious
intent to wound the religious feeling 298 feelings are intended to be
of any person wounded
The person to whom the hurt is
Causing Hurt. 323, 334
caused. .
Wrongfully restraining or confining
341, 342 The person restrained or confined.
any person.
352, 355, The person assaulted or to whom
Assault or use of Criminal force
358 criminal force is used.
Mischief, when the only loss or
The Person to whom loss or
damage caused is loss or damage to 426, 427
damage is caused.
a private person.
The Person in possession of
Criminal trespass. 447
property trespassed upon.
House trespass 448 Ditto
Criminal breach of contract of The person with whom the
491
service offender has contracted
Adultery. 497 The husband of the woman
Enticing or taking away or detaining
with criminal intent a married 498 Ditto.
woman
1[Defamation, except such case as
are specified against section 500 of
500 The person defamed.
the Indian Penal Code in column 1
of the table under sub section (2).]
Printing or engraving matter,
501 Ditto.
knowing it to be defamatory.
Sale of printed or engraved
substance containing defamatory
502 Ditto.
matter, knowing it to contain such
matter.
Insult intended to provoke a breach
504 The person insulted.
of the peace.
Criminal intimidation except when
the offence is punishable with 506 The person intimidated
imprisonment for seven years.
Act caused by making a person
The person against whom the
believe that he will be an object of 508
offence was committed.
divine displeasure.