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Under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, what is the legal effect of valid compounding for…

Section 359(8) gives valid compounding the effect of acquittal for the accused with whom the offence was compounded.

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Under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, what is the legal effect of valid compounding for the accused with whom the offence is compounded?

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Section 359(8) gives valid compounding the effect of acquittal for the accused with whom the offence was compounded.

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Option A

Compounding has the effect of acquittal under section 359(8).

Option B

The legal effect specified by section 359(8) is acquittal, which differs from discharge.

Option C

Section 359(8) gives valid compounding the effect of an acquittal.

Option D

The statute gives acquittal effect, rather than suspending the prosecution.

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