Mr. Abubucker Sait v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing of criminal proceedings on compounding: Karnataka High Court allows a Section 482 Cr.P.C. petition (filed under Section 528 BNSS) where the accused Nos.1 and 2 and the respondent, being brother and sister, jointly applied under Section 482 r/w Section 320(2) Cr.P.C. to compound offences punishable under Sections 323, 324, 354, 504, 506 r/w 34 IPC in C.C.No.29556/2022 arising out of Crime No.71/2022, J.C.Nagar Police Station; cognizance/summoning order dated 15.09.2022 of the 8th Addl. C.M.M. Court, Nrupatunga Road, Bengaluru challenged; I.A.No.2/2025 allowed, offence compounded, proceedings quashed. Coram: K. Natarajan, J. Decided 14.03.2025.
What did the court decide?
Petition allowed; criminal proceedings in C.C.No.29556/2022 arising out of Crime No.71/2022 (J.C.Nagar Police Station) quashed after permitting the parties to compound the offences (I.A.No.2/2025 allowed).