There are three types of criminal cases namely:

Cases where:
1) Compromise is permissible 2) Compromise permissible if Court also says Yes 3) Compromise not permissible even with permission of Court.

For example, forgery, rape, murder etc type of cases. Here, even if parties enter into compromise, the court cannot drop case. The case will go on and if there is evidence, accused will be convicted.

The question whether such cases can also be compromised or not, is pending before larger Benches of Supreme Court.

But in meantime, law is clear that courts will not drop such cases even if there is compromise between parties.

More accurate and full details can be found in Supreme Court judgement dated 14/3/2012 in WP Crl No. 26 of 2011 titled Ashok Versus Union and reported in 2012(3) Scale page 404

Haresh Raichura
21/9/2012

The way we live is the way we die. This is a short story of two prominent senior advocates.

One was very clever. He fought for companies. He always fought to defend injustice. He always used to win. He could virtually slain opponent advocate with his cleverness in court.
He was adept in bribing judges also.

He died of cancer at young age. His whole life time savings were lost in treatment. He died a tragic death.

Another was a simple man. He always wore a smiling face. When he walked in court lobby, it looked as if he was smiling at everyone who crossed his path.

He was also clever. But he never used his knowledge to perpetuate injustice. He took only those case which deserved justice.

He died his natural death with his usual smile on his face.

Haresh Raichura
21/9/2012