https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=195872 Settlement of bank dues and return of title deeds did not by themselves justify discharge or quashing of criminal proceedings where the allegations included conspiracy, cheating, forgery and falsification of records. Compounding under Section 320 CrPC is limited to offences expressly made compoundable, and a civil compromise before the Debt Recovery Tribunal does not extinguish criminal liability for offences against society. The civil settlement therefore had only limited evidentiary value and could not control the criminal case. At the discharge stage under Section 239 CrPC, a prima facie case and strong suspicion were sufficient to continue the prosecution, so the criminal proceedings were allowed to proceed. en-us Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 20 Oct 2023 16:39:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=195872 Settlement of bank dues and return of title deeds did not by themselves justify discharge or quashing of criminal proceedings where the allegations included conspiracy, cheating, forgery and falsification of records. Compounding under Section 320 CrPC is limited to offences expressly made compoundable, and a civil compromise before the Debt Recovery Tribunal does not extinguish criminal liability for offences against society. The civil settlement therefore had only limited evidentiary value and could not control the criminal case. At the discharge stage under Section 239 CrPC, a prima facie case and strong suspicion were sufficient to continue the prosecution, so the criminal proceedings were allowed to proceed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=195872