SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

 

Ram Prasad

 

Vs.

State of Uttar Pradesh

 

(P. N. Bhagwati and E. S. Venkataramiah JJ.)

 

21.04.1980

 

ORDER

 

The Text below is only a summarized version of the order pronounced

 

Court held that the accused should have been punished u s 324 of IPC read with section 34 instead of section 307 as the nature of injury was of simple hurt. The accused and the injured wanted to compound the offence and considering the nature of injury, court allowed the compounding of offence.