SALEEM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) SHOULD this Court invoke inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, for quashing the proceedings of the criminal case of matrimonial offences not compoundable under law, is the crucial question which arises for determination in this petition.

(2.) THIS question has emerged in the following circumstances:

(3.) BUT in Santokh Singh and Ors. v. State of Rajasthan, 1995 RCC 618=11 (1995) DMC 292, this Court observed thus :