Supreme Court of India

Nanda Gopalan v. State of Kerala

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Reported as [2015] 4 S.C.R. 563
Bench J. Chelameswar and Adarsh Kumar Goel JJ.
Decided 24 April 2015

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Penal Code, 1860: ss.324 and 326 - Allegation that c accused-appellant attacked PW-1 with a bat and as a result PW-1 fell down and then appellant sat on his chest and caused injuries to him with a stone - Trial court accepted prosecution version and convicted and sentenced the o appellant which was affirmed by High Court with reduction in sentence - During pendency of appeal in High Court, a settlement was reached between the parties and an application was moved before the High Court for compoun,ding the offence uls. 324 and for quashing the charge u/s.326 on the basis of compromise -

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