Supreme Court of India
Lakhvir Singh Etc v. The State of Punjab & Anr.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the corollary to the aforesaid legal decisions ends with a conclusion that the benefit of probation under the said Act is not excluded by the provisions of the mandatory minimum sentence under Section 397 of IPC, the offence in the present case.
Judgment, page 12
From the headnote
Probation of Offenders Act, 1958: Object of legislation – Held: To give the benefit of release of offenders on probation of good conduct instead of sentencing them to imprisonment – Thus, increasing emphasis on the reformation and rehabilitation of offenders as useful and self-reliant members of society without subjecting them to deleterious effects of jail life is what is sought to be subserved. Probation of Offenders Act, 1958: s.6 – Appellants were convicted by trial court for offence under s.397 IPC and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment of seven years each – High Court dismissed…
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Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Chellammal and Another v. State Represented by the Inspector of Police
- 2023 Tarak Nath Keshari v. The State of West Bengal
Of those, 1 referred to · 1 mentioned
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