Case Law Analysis
|Supreme Court of India
Only victim may seek quash under Section 482 CrPC | Victim-only settlement requirement : SC
The Supreme Court ruled that a criminal case can be quashed under Section 482 CrPC only when the victim himself settles the dispute, rejecting the notion that a third party can seek quash. This distinction separates compounding from quashing and limits judicial interference to victim-initiated settlements, affecting litigants and prosecutors in pending criminal matters.