Compromise in criminal matter involving offences against honour and dignity of woman is not acceptable

Trial involving offence against honour of woman, which shakes very core of her life and tantamount to serious blow to her supreme honour, offending both, her esteem and dignity, cannot be quashed citing ground of any kind of compromise between the parties.

Offence of dacoity and rape are serious and heinous offences, such offenses are treated as crime against society and not against individual alone. Any compromise or settlement with respect to offence of rape, against honour of a woman, which shakes very core of her life and tantamount to a serious blow to her supreme honour, offending both, her esteem and dignity, is not acceptable. In respect of serious offences like murder, rape, dacoity, etc., or other offences of mental depravity or offences of moral turpitude or offences committed by public servants while working in that capacity, settlement between the offender and the victim can have no legal sanction at all. Any compromise between the victim and the offender in relation to such offences, cannot provide for any basis for quashing the criminal proceedings. The inherent power is not to be exercised in those prosecutions which involve heinous and serious offences. Such offences are not private in nature and have a serious impact on society. The decision to continue with the trial in such cases is founded on the overriding element of public interest in punishing persons for serious offences.

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