CrPC Section 320

BNSS Section 359— Compounding of offences.

Effective for any FIR, charge sheet, or filing on or after 1 July 2024. Matters that arose before that date continue under the CrPC.

Specified offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 listed in the Tables may be compounded by the persons mentioned therein, either without Court permission (Table 1) or only with Court permission (Table 2). Abetment of or attempt to commit a compoundable offence may also be compounded in like manner. Where the person competent to compound is a child, of unsound mind, or dead, a guardian or legal representative may compound with Court permission or consent respectively; and where the accused has been committed for trial or an appeal is pending, composition requires leave of the relevant Court.