Once the consent of a minor prosecutrix is immaterial for registration of the offence, such consent shall remain immaterial at all stages, including for compromise, the Court said.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has declined to accept a compromise filed by the prosecutrix for compounding the case against a rape accused. Though the prosecutrix had filed the compromise with the.
While upholding the conviction despite a compromise between the man and the victim's family, the Court said that justice should not be compromised by hidden influences or external pressures.