In Brief
The appellants were convicted under Section 326 IPC (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous means) by the Sessions Court and High Court. The Supreme Court granted leave to appeal and permitted compounding of the offence under Article 142 of the Constitution. Since the parties had freely agreed to settle, relations between them had become cordial after nine years, and the incident was spontaneous without criminal intent, the Court modified the convictions and relieved the appellants of further sentence. The appeals were disposed of on the basis of mutual settlement."
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