State of Madhya Pradesh v. Laxmi Narayan and Others

(Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta, JJ.)

State of Madhya Pradesh _____________________________ Petitioner;

v.

Laxmi Narayan and Others ________________________ Respondent(s).

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 6202/2014, decided on September 8, 2017

The Order of the court was delivered by

Order

1. The question raised in this case is whether a compromise in respect of an offence alleged to have been committed under Section 307 of the IPC is permissible.

2. Our attention has been drawn to Narinder Singh v. State of Punjab¹ and State of Rajasthan v. Shambhu Kewat².

3. In view of the apparent conflict between these two decisions, it would be appropriate if the matter is referred to a Bench of 3 Judges constituted by Hon’ble the Chief Justice.

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¹ (2014) 6 SCC 466 : (2014) 3 SCC (Cri) 54

² (2014) 4 SCC 149 : (2014) 4 SCC (Cri) 781