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Raghunandan Rao, J., held that the offence under Section 376 can be permitted to be compounded under special circumstances, including a situation where closure of such a case would promote family life of the complainant and the accused.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In the matter at hand, the complainant stated that she was in a relationship with the accused and was upset when the accused sought to marry another girl despite their relationship. On account of frustration, filed a complaint under Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561701\">376<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561754\">417<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> (\u2018IPC&#8217;) and Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001551147\">3(v)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001551147\">3(1)(r)<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002828505\">Scheduled Castes &amp; Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989<\/a>. The complainant moved the Court to withdraw the complaint and compromise the matter as the issues had been settled amicably between them and accordingly decided to live their respective lives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court referred <i>Satish K.<\/i> v. <i>State of Karnataka<\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/S4sd4LbK\">(2022) SCC OnLine Kar 899<\/a><\/span> where Kerala High Court held that an offence under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561701\">376<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\">IPC<\/a> can be permitted to be compounded, in specific circumstances, including a situation where closure of such case would promote the family life of the parties. .<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court also referred<i> K. Dhandapani<\/i> v. <i>State by the Inspector of Police<\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/f043E0s1\">(2022) SCC OnLine SC 1056<\/a><\/span>, where the Court permitted the compounding of an offence under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561701\">376<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\">IPC<\/a> as well as offence under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002825996\">Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court, therefore, allowed the criminal petition and permitted compromise between the accused and victim.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">Gokada Suresh v. 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