https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283112 A summary dismissal of a criminal revision petition attains finality and cannot be reopened or altered by the same High Court merely because later material shows that the offence had already been compounded. By contrast, where a compoundable offence is lawfully compounded before the revision is finally decided, the composition operates as an acquittal and the conviction and sentence cannot survive for the concerned petitioner. The text distinguishes final summary dismissal from a matter still pending in revision, and applies that distinction to sustain finality for some petitioners while granting relief to the petitioner whose criminal liability had already been extinguished by valid compounding. en-us Fri, 03 May 1957 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 07 Sep 2019 12:24:29 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283112 A summary dismissal of a criminal revision petition attains finality and cannot be reopened or altered by the same High Court merely because later material shows that the offence had already been compounded. By contrast, where a compoundable offence is lawfully compounded before the revision is finally decided, the composition operates as an acquittal and the conviction and sentence cannot survive for the concerned petitioner. The text distinguishes final summary dismissal from a matter still pending in revision, and applies that distinction to sustain finality for some petitioners while granting relief to the petitioner whose criminal liability had already been extinguished by valid compounding. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 03 May 1957 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283112