Allowed
Bijaya Kumar Baral@Ranjan v. State of Odisha
Orissa HCCRLMC/882/2022
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
During the 2nd National Lok Adalat, the wife-informant withdrew criminal proceedings against her husband-petitioners citing settlement and cohabitation. The court permitted compounding of minor offences and quashed serious charges, granting acquittal.
What did the court decide?
Compounding of offences u/s 323, 325, 341, 506, 34 IPC; quashing of offences u/s 498, 307, 120-B IPC; acquittal of petitioner; closure of G.R. Case No.40/2020.