Offences that Can be compounded Under Section 320 of CrPc

Category A) Offences not needing permission of the court to compromise

TABLE

Offence	Section of the Indian Penal Code applicable	Persons by whom offence may be compounded
1	2	3
Uttering words, etc., with deliberate Intent to wound the religious feelings of any person.	298	The person whose religious feelings are intended to be wounded.
Causing hurt.	323, 334	The person to whom the hurt is caused.
Wrongfully restraining or confining any person.	341, 342	The person restrained or confined.
Assault or use of criminal force.	352, 355, 358	The person assaulted or to whom criminal force is used.
Mischief, when the only loss or damage caused is loss or damage to a private person.	426, 427	The person to whom the loss or damage is caused.
Criminal trespass.	447	The person in possession of the property trespassed upon.
House trespass.	448	The person in possession of the property trespassed upon.
Criminal breach of contract of service.	491	The person with whom the offender has contracted.
Adultery.	497	The husband of the woman.
Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent of a married woman.	498	The husband of the woman.
Defamation. except such eases as are specified against section 500 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) in column I of the Table under sub­section (2)	500	The person defamed.
Printing or engraving matter, knowing it to be defamatory.	501	The person defamed.
Sale of printed or engraved substance containing defamatory matter, knowing it to contain such matter.	502	The person defamed.
Insult intended to provoke a breach of the peace.	504	The person insulted.
Criminal intimidation except when the offence is punishable with Imprisonment for seven years.	506	The person intimidated.
Act caused by making a person believe that he will be an object of divine dis­pleasure.	508	The person against whom the offence was committed.

Category (B) Offences needing the permission of the court to compromise.

TABLE

Offence	Section of the Indian Penal Code applicable	Persons by whom offence may be compounded
1	2	3
Hurt by dangerous weapons or means.	324	The person to whom the hurt is caused.
Voluntarily causing grievous hurt	325	The person to whom hurt is caused.
Voluntarily causing grievous hurt on grave and sudden provocation.	335	The person to whom hurt is caused.
Causing hurt by doing an act so rashly and negligently as to endanger human life or the personal safety of others.	337	The person to whom hurt is caused.
Causing grievous hurt by doing an act so rashly and negligently as to endanger human life or the personal safety of others.	338	The person to whom hurt is caused.
Wrongfully confining a person for three days or more.	343	The person confined.
Wrongfully confining for ten or more days.	344	The person confined.
Wrongfully confining a person in secret.	346	The person confined.
Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty.	354	The woman assaulted to whom the criminal force was used.
Assault or criminal force in attempting wrongfully to a confine a person.	357	The person assaulted or to whom the force was used.
Theft, where the value of properly stolen does not exceed two hundred and fifty rupees.	379	The owner of the property stolen.
Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master, where the value of the property stolen does not exceed two hundred and fifty rupees.	381	The owner of the property stolen.
Dishonest misappropriation of property.	403	The owner of the property misappropriated.
Criminal breach of trust, where the value of the properly does not exceed two hundred and fifty rupees.	406	The owner of the property in respect of which the breach of trust has been committed.
Criminal breach of trust by a carrier, wharfinger, etc., where the value of the properly does not exceed two hundred and fifty rupees.	407	The owner of the property in respect of which the breach of trust has been committed.
Criminal breach of trust by a clerk or servant, where the value of the properly does not exceed two hund­red and fifty rupees.	408	The owner of the property in respect of which the breach of trust has been committed.
Dishonestly receiving stolen property, knowing it to he stolen, when the value of the stolen property does not exceed two hundred and fifty rupees.	411	The owner of the property stolen.
Assisting in the concealment or dispo­sal of stolen property, knowing It to he stolen, where the value of the stolen property does not exceed two hundred and fifty rupees.	414	The owner of the property stolen.
Cheating	417	The person cheated.
Cheating a person whose interest the offender was bound, either by law or by contract, to protect.	418	The person cheated.
Cheating by personation.	419	The person cheated.
Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property or the making alteration or destruction of a valu­able security.	420	The person cheated.
Fraudulent removal or concealment of property, etc., to prevent distribu­tion among creditors.	421	The creditors who are affected thereby.
Fraudulently preventing from being made available for his creditors a debt or demand due to the offender.	422	The creditors who are affected thereby.
Fraudulent execution of deed of trans­fer containing false statement of consideration.	423	The person affected thereby.
Fraudulent removal or concealment of property.	424	The person affected thereby.
Mischief by killing or maiming animal of the value of ten rupees or up-wards.	428	The owner of the animal.
Mischief by killing or maiming cattle, etc., of any value or any other animal of the value of fifty rupees or up-wards.	429	The owner of the cattle or animal.
Mischief by injury to work of irrigation by wrongfully diverting water when the only loss or damage caused is loss or damage to a private person.	430	The person to whom the loss or damage is caused.
House-Trespass to commit an offence (other than theft) punishable with imprisonment.	451	The person in possession of the house ­trespassed upon.
Using a false trade or property mark.	482	The person to whom loss or injury is caused by such use.
Counterfeiting a trade or property mark used by another.	483	The person whose trade or property mark is counterfeited.
Knowingly selling, or exposing or possessing for sale or for manufact­uring purpose, goods marked with a counterfeit property mark.	486	The person whose trade or property mark is counterfeited.
Marrying again during the life-time of a husband or wife.	494	The husband or wife of the person so marrying.
Defamation against the President or the Vice-President or the Governor of a state or the Administrator of a Union territory or a Minister in respect of his conduct in the dis­charge of his public functions when instituted upon a complaint made by the Public Prosecutor.	500	The person defamed.
Uttering words or sounds or making gestures or exhibiting any object intending to insult the modesty of a woman or intruding upon the pri­vacy of a woman.	509	The woman whom it was intended to insult or whose privacy was intruded upon.

The conditions and procedure is described here for compounding of offences.

(3)	When the offence is compoundable under this section its abetment and attempts are also compoundable.
(4)	(a)	When the person otherwise competent to compound an offence is a minor, idiot or lunatic, any person competent to contract on behalf of such person can compound the offence.
	(b)	When the person otherwise competent to compound an offence is a dead, his legal representative may compound the offence.
(5)	When an accused has been committed to trial or has been convicted and an Appeal is pending, a leave from the court where the offence has been committed for trial or where the Appeal is pending, shall have to be obtained before compounding the offence.
(6)	A High Court or a Court of Sessions acting under their powers of Revision, may allow any person competent under this section to compound the offence.
(7)	No offence shall be compounded if the Accused is, by reason of a previous conviction, liable to either enhanced punishment or to a punishment of a different kind for such offence.
(8)	The composition of an offence under this section shall have the effect of an acquittal of the accused with whom the offence has been compounded.
(9)	No offence shall be compounded except as provided under this section.

 

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