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"The former offence can be compounded with the permission of the court. We grant permission to the parties to compound the said offence. The effect of that is the acquittal of the petitioner in view of the provision of law contained in Section 320(8) of Cr.P.C. for the offence under Section 325.
The other offence under Section 452 is not compoundable. Under the circumstances, while maintaining conviction of the petitioner under the said provision of law we reduced the sentence to the period already undergone."

38. In Biswabahan v. Gopen Chandra, the Supreme Court in categorical terms said : It is therefore clear that to have the effect of an acquittal the offence compounded must be one specified either under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of Section 345 of the old Code (Section 320 new). The principle behind the scheme seems to that wrongs of certain classes which affect mainly a person in his individual capacity or character may be sufficient redressed by composition with or without the leave of the court as the case may be. The Supreme Court categorically held :

For the aforesaid reasons, the decision of the Division Bench which is rendered in per incuriam is not a binding precedent. There is no need to refer the matter to Division Bench or Full Bench. I need to say no more on this aspect.

43. The power conferred upon this Court under Section 482, Cr.P.C., is general in nature. The provision protects the inherent jurisdiction of this Court to meet any eventuality not contemplated by the Code of Criminal Procedure to give effect to the orders passed by the Courts and to prevent the abuse of the process of the Court and to pass appropriate orders to meet the ends of justice. Whereas Section 320 of the Code is a special provision dealing with compounding of offences. It exhaustively deals with as to what are the offences that there compoundable and the manner in which they are to be compounded and further it specifically commands that no other offence other than those mentioned in Section 320 of the Code shall be allowed to be compounded. The effect of compounding of an offence is the acquittal of the accused in the case.