https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194498 An offence under Section 324 IPC committed before the 2006 amendment could still be compounded where the law then in force permitted compounding. The later deletion of compoundability was held not to operate retrospectively so as to defeat a genuine compromise reached between the parties for a pre-amendment offence. As the compromise was supported by affidavit and no legal impediment remained on the facts, compounding was permitted. The conviction and sentence were therefore set aside and the accused acquitted. en-us Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 11 Sep 2017 16:16:11 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194498 An offence under Section 324 IPC committed before the 2006 amendment could still be compounded where the law then in force permitted compounding. The later deletion of compoundability was held not to operate retrospectively so as to defeat a genuine compromise reached between the parties for a pre-amendment offence. As the compromise was supported by affidavit and no legal impediment remained on the facts, compounding was permitted. The conviction and sentence were therefore set aside and the accused acquitted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194498