PREM vs STATE OF M.P. — Crl.A. No. 856/2004

Case Summary: Crl.A. No. 000856/2004 (PREM v. STATE OF M.P.) The Supreme Court granted special leave and disposed of the criminal appeals filed by appellant Halke @ Deviprasad against his conviction. The High Court had convicted the appellant under IPC Section 326 (causing grievous hurt) and sentenced him to six months rigorous imprisonment, rejecting a compounding application on grounds that Section 326 is non-compoundable. The Supreme Court altered the conviction to Section 325 IPC (voluntarily causing hurt), which is compoundable, and accepted the compounding prayer since the parties had settled their differences and the injured person consented. The appeals were disposed of accordingly. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.