Indian Penal Code, 1860
Section 323—Compounding of offence—Permissibility—Incident in question had taken place at the spur of the moment on a trivial issue of leakage of a drainage pipe and nature of the injury was ‘simple’—Since the offence punishable under Section 323 IPC is compoundable without permission of the court and the complainant and the respondents have compromised the matter and compensation stands paid to the complainant, the offence is compounded and respondents are acquitted.
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