Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2005

The Supreme Court examined a complaint alleging offences under Sections 323, 380 and 506 read with Section 34 IPC, where the accused resided outside the territorial jurisdiction of the Judicial Magistrate who had examined the complainant and two witnesses under Section 200 CrPC before issuing summons. The appellants co…

Manoj and Bijendra Singh, along with Ram Avatar, were convicted for voluntarily causing hurt with dangerous weapons under Section 324 IPC (originally under Section 307 IPC). The High Court altered the conviction to Section 324 IPC. The appellants sought to compound the offence with the complainant, Bahadur Singh, throu…

The appellants were convicted under Sections 147 and 324 of the IPC for attacking Abdul Haque Laskar with deadly weapons in 1995. After the convictions, the parties entered into an amicable settlement and sought to compound the offences. The issue before the Supreme Court was whether the offence under Section 324 IPC c…