Mureed Sultan and another v. The State thr. Prosecutor General, Punjab and another

Supreme Court of Pakistan

Per Qazi Faez Isa, J (Additional Note): Offences prescribed in terms of section 345, Cr.P.C. can be compounded, but the composition of such offences has to be in terms of subsection (6) of section 345 which stipulates that it "shall have the effect of an acquittal" and not that it will be an acquitt

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