https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296094 In a private dispute arising from access to adjacent plots, the Court stated that criminal proceedings could be quashed under the inherent power in Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure even though one alleged offence was non-compoundable under Section 320. It reiterated that Section 320 governs compounding, but Section 482 is wider and may be used sparingly to prevent abuse of process and secure the ends of justice, particularly where the complainant and supporting witnesses have withdrawn and a trial would serve no useful purpose. On that basis, the proceedings were treated as liable to be quashed because conviction was not realistically foreseeable. en-us Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 18 Nov 2021 16:08:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296094 In a private dispute arising from access to adjacent plots, the Court stated that criminal proceedings could be quashed under the inherent power in Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure even though one alleged offence was non-compoundable under Section 320. It reiterated that Section 320 governs compounding, but Section 482 is wider and may be used sparingly to prevent abuse of process and secure the ends of justice, particularly where the complainant and supporting witnesses have withdrawn and a trial would serve no useful purpose. On that basis, the proceedings were treated as liable to be quashed because conviction was not realistically foreseeable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296094