Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section - 320 - Compounding of offences
Compounding of offences
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320
. (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 :-
[TABLE
| Offence | Section of the Indian Penal Code applicable | Person by whom offence may be compounded |
| 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 | Google Play store
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