* 1 * Cri.Appln. 1511.2010 in Cri.Appeal. 384.2008 21.12.2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1511 OF 2010 [FOR DIRECTIONS] IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 384 OF 2008 Ramchandra Baburao More ....Applicant/Orig.Accd no.1 V/S. The State of Maharashtra & anr. ...Respondents. * * * * Ms. N.Y. Malik, Advocate for the applicant. Mr.S.A. Shaikh, APP for State-respondent no.1. Respondent no.2 present in person. CORAM : SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, J 21 December, 2010. P.C. : 1. The appellant who has been convicted of the offence punishable under Section 494 Indian Penal Code has filed this application under Section 320(6) Criminal Procedure Code. His appeal to challenge his conviction vide the judgment and order dated 22nd February, 2008 * 2 * Cri.Appln. 1511.2010 in Cri.Appeal. 384.2008 21.12.2010 passed by the Sessions Court, Mumbai was admitted on 5th May, 2008. 2. Respondent no.2, the complainant is the first wife of the applicant. She is present in the Court today. She states that considering the health of the applicant, she desires to compound the case against him. The table of offences under Section 320(2) provides that the offence punishable under Section 494 Indian Penal Code, may be compounded by the spouse of the person marrying during the lifetime of the spouse. Since, respondent no.2 desires to compound the offence, the application is allowed in terms of prayer clause (a). Appeal No. 384 of 2008 is accordingly disposed off. (SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, J)