Dismissed
Surmodeen and Anr. v. State of Punjab and Anr.
Punjab & Haryana HCCRM-M/3079/2013
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
In a petition to quash an FIR alleging rape, the High Court of Punjab and Haryana dismissed the plea. The Court held that since the victim herself had not compromised the matter, the father could not enter into a valid compromise, making it premature to consider the issue at that stage.
What did the court decide?
Petition dismissed without prejudice to the petitioners' rights.