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Compounding of Offences (Section 320 CrPC / Section 359 BNSS)
Criminal Procedure & Jurisprudence Terms
Definition
A statutory procedure allowing the victim and the accused to compromise certain criminal offences specified in a table, resulting in the immediate legal acquittal of the accused without a trial.
Example
In an offence of voluntarily causing hurt under Section 323 IPC, the injured party accepts compensation and signs a compromise petition; the magistrate records the compounding of the offence and acquits the accused.