SECTION 320 CrPC - Code of Criminal Procedure - Compounding of offences
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1. The offences punishable under the sections of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) specified in the first two columns of the Table next following may be compounded by the persons mentioned in the third column of that Table:
| Offence | IPCSection | Compoundable By |
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of any person. | 298 | The person whose religious feelings are intended to be wounded. |
| Voluntarily causing hurt. | 323 | The person to whom the hurt is caused. |
| Voluntarily causing hurt on provocation. | 334 | Ditto. |
| Voluntarily causing grievous hurt on grave and sudden provocation. | 335 | The person to whom the hurt is caused. |
| Wrongfully restraining or confining any person. | 341, 342 | The person restrained or confined. |
| Wrongfully confining a person for three days or more | 343 | The person confined. |
| Wrongfully confining a person for ten days or more. | 344 | Ditto. |
| Wrongfully confining a person in secret. | 346 | Ditto. |
| Assault or use of criminal force. | 352, 355, 358 | The person assaulted or to whom criminal force is used. |
| Theft. | 379 | The owner of the property stolen. |
| Dishonest misappropriation of property. | 403 | The owner of the property misappropriated. |
| Criminal breach of trust by a carrier, wharfinger, etc. | 407 | The owner of the property in respect of which the breach of trust has been committed. |
| Dishonestly receiving stolen property knowing it to be stolen. | 411 | The owner of the property stolen. |
| Assisting in the concealment or disposal of stolen property, knowing it to be stolen. | 414 | Ditto. |
| Cheating. | 417 | The person cheated. |
| Cheating by personation. | 419 | Ditto. |
| Fraudulent removal or concealment of property, etc., to prevent distribution among creditors. | 421 | The creditors who are affected thereby. |
| Fraudulently preventing from being made available for his creditors a debt or demand due to the offender. | 422 | Ditto. |
| Fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement of consideration. | 423 | The person affected thereby. |
| Fraudulent removal or concealment of property. | 424 | Ditto. |
| Mischief, when the only loss or damage caused is loss or damage to a private person. | 426, 427 | The person to whom the loss or damage is caused. |
| Mischief by killing or maiming animal. | 428 | The owner of the animal |
| Mischief by killing or maiming cattle, etc. | 429 | The owner of the cattle or animal. |
| Mischief by injury to works of irrigation by wrongfully diverting water when the only loss or damage caused is loss or damage to private person. | 430 | The person to whom the loss or damage is caused. |
| Criminal trespass. | 447 | The person in possession of the property trespassed upon. |
| House-trespass. | 448 | Ditto. |
| House-trespass to commit an offence (other than theft) punishable with imprisonment. | 451 | The person in possession of the house trespassed upon. |
| Using a false trade or property mark. | 482 | The person to whom loss or injury is caused by such use. |
| Counterfeiting a trade or property mark used by another. | 483 | Ditto. |
| Knowingly selling, or exposing or possessing for sale or for manufacturing purpose, goods marked with a counterfeit property mark. | 486 | Ditto. |
| Criminal breach of contract of service. | 491 | The person with whom the offender has contracted. |
| Adultery. | 497 | The husband of the woman. |
| Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman. | 498 | The husband of the woman and the woman |
| Defamation, except such cases as are specified against section 500 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) in column 1 of the Table under sub-section (2). | 500 | The person defamed. |
| Printing or engraving matter, | 501 | Ditto. |
| Sale of printed or engraved substance containing defamatory matter, knowing it to contain such matter. | 502 | Ditto. |
| Insult intended to provoke a breach of the peace. | 504 | The person insulted. |
| Criminal intimidation. | 506 | The person intimidated. |
| Inducing person to believe himself an object of divine displeasure. | 508 | The person induced. |
2. The offences punishable under the sections of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) specified in the first two columns of the table next following may, with the permission of the Court before which any prosecution for such offence is pending, be compounded by the persons mentioned in the third column of that table:
| Offence | IPCSection | Compoundable By |
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Causing miscarriage. | 312 | The woman to whom miscarriage is caused. |
| Voluntarily causing grievous hurt. | 325 | The person to whom hurt is caused. |
| Causing hurt by doing an act so rashly and negligently as to safety of others. | 337 | Ditto. |
| Causing grievous hurt by doing an |
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