https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311799 A criminal defamation conviction under Section 500 IPC was set aside after the parties' settlement was accepted and the offence was permitted to be compounded under Section 320(5) CrPC. A joint compounding application supported by affidavits and settlement terms was filed, and the Court found the compromise acceptable. Once compounding was allowed, the conviction could not survive, and the appellants were acquitted of the offence. en-us Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 13 Jan 2024 18:25:44 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311799 A criminal defamation conviction under Section 500 IPC was set aside after the parties' settlement was accepted and the offence was permitted to be compounded under Section 320(5) CrPC. A joint compounding application supported by affidavits and settlement terms was filed, and the Court found the compromise acceptable. Once compounding was allowed, the conviction could not survive, and the appellants were acquitted of the offence. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311799