https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275530 An offence under Section 324 IPC committed in 1986 remained compoundable with court permission because the later amendment making it non-compoundable did not apply retrospectively. Since the parties settled the dispute and the injured persons were willing to compound, permission to compound was justified. Composition under Section 320(8) CrPC has the effect of acquittal, so the appellant's compounding operated as an acquittal. en-us Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 06 Oct 2018 12:13:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275530 An offence under Section 324 IPC committed in 1986 remained compoundable with court permission because the later amendment making it non-compoundable did not apply retrospectively. Since the parties settled the dispute and the injured persons were willing to compound, permission to compound was justified. Composition under Section 320(8) CrPC has the effect of acquittal, so the appellant's compounding operated as an acquittal. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275530