TMI Blog2010 (11) TMI 1058X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... learned counsel for the petitioner. The petitioner has been convicted under Section 420 and Section 120B, IPC by the learned Magistrate. He filed an appeal challenging his conviction before the learned Sessions Judge. While his appeal was pending, he filed an application before the learned Sessions Judge for compounding the offence, which, according to the learned counsel, was directed to be t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... last two decisions. Section 320, Cr.P.C. mentions certain offences as compoundable, certain other offences as compoundable with the permission of the Court, and the other offences as noncompoundable vide Section 320(7). Section 420, IPC, one of the counts on which the petitioner has been convicted, no doubt, is a compoundable offence with permission of the Court in view of Section 320, Cr.P. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ectly. Hence, the above three decisions do not appear to us to be correctly decided. It is true that in the last two decisions, one of us, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Markandey Katju, was a member but a Judge should always be open to correct his mistakes. We feel that these decisions require re-consideration and hence we direct that this matter be placed before a larger Bench to reconsider the corr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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