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2011 (2) TMI 354 - PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURTCompounding offence u/s 279(2) - Held that:- there is provision for compounding of offence is not a ground for issue mandamus to compound the offence - It is not the case of the petitioners that the impugned order is mala fide or perverse - Discretionary powers of a statutory authority can be interfered with only on the ground of factual or legal mala fides or perversity - Admittedly the petitioners stand convicted - Even though after conviction also, power can be exercised to compound the offence, but this by itself cannot be a ground for issue of mandamus sought in the petition - Neither any legal right of the petitioner is shown to have been infringed nor it is shown that the concerned authority has acted illegally - Hence, the petition is dismissed.
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