Supreme Court of India
Satish @ Sabbe v. The State of Uttar Pradesh
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For the reasons stated above, the Special Leave Petitions are disposed of with a direction that the petitioners be released on probation in terms of Section 2 of the UP Prisoners Release on Probation Act, 1938 within a period of two weeks.
Judgment, page 11
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Uttar Pradesh Prisoners Release on Probation Act, 1938: s.2 – Pre-mature release – Entitlement – Criteria – Held: Length of sentence or gravity of the original crime can’t be the sole basis for refusing pre-mature release – First-time offenders ought to be liberally accorded a chance – Any assessment regarding predilection to commit crime after release must be based on antecedents as well as conduct of the prisoners in jail and not on his age or apprehensions of the victims and witnesses – In the present case three-factor evaluation of (i) antecedents (ii) conduct during incarceration and…
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