Criminal Proceedings Can Be Quashed Based on Victim's Settlement Even Without Informant's Consent: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings arising from a long-running dispute concerning 54.48 acres of agricultural land in village Kanasaiya, Tehsil Huzur, District Bhopal. A Bench of Justice K. V. Viswanathan and Justice Arun Palli held that where the person who actually suffered the alleged loss or injury settles the dispute and does not want the prosecution to continue, continuation of the criminal case can, in appropriate circumstances, amount…
