Injuries to the victim resulting from a fight, which are identified as minor injuries or above, shall constitute the crime of intentional injury and shall be punished by law with a fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, or public surveillance. The new Criminal Procedure Law implemented in 2013 introduced a criminal reconciliation system. If the criminal suspect reaches a compensation agreement with the victim and obtains the victim's understanding, the judicial authority may give a lighter, reduced or exempted criminal penalty.
Legal basis:
Article 234 of the "Criminal Law": Anyone who intentionally harms the body of others shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or surveillance. Whoever commits the crime in the preceding paragraph and causes serious injury to another person shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years; whoever causes death or serious injury and severe disability by particularly cruel means shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years but not more than ten years, life imprisonment or death. If this law provides otherwise, the provisions shall prevail.
Chapter 2 of the "Criminal Law": Proceedings for Reconciliation between the Parties in Public Prosecution Cases
Article 277: In the following public prosecution cases, if the criminal suspect or defendant sincerely regrets his or her guilt, he or she shall be compensated through compensation. Obtain the victim’s understanding through compensation, apology, etc.
(1) Cases arising from civil disputes involving crimes that may be punished with a prison sentence of up to three years as stipulated in Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 of the Criminal Law Cases;
(2) Cases of criminal negligence other than the crime of dereliction of duty that may result in a prison sentence of not more than seven years.
If the criminal suspect or defendant has a criminal record of intentional crime within five years, the procedures specified in this chapter are not applicable.
Article 278: If the parties reconcile, the public security organs, people's procuratorates, and people's courts shall listen to the opinions of the parties and other relevant persons, examine the voluntariness and legality of the settlement, and preside over the conclusion of a settlement agreement.
Article 279: For cases in which a settlement agreement has been reached, the public security organs may make suggestions for leniency to the People's Procuratorate. The People's Procuratorate may make recommendations to the People's Court for leniency in punishment; if the crime is minor and does not require a penalty, it may decide not to prosecute. The people's court may impose lenient punishment on the defendant in accordance with the law.