Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 313 · Decided 15 November 1971
Abdul Qayum v. The State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 313 · [1972] 2 S.C.R. 381
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 290/1968
- Decided
- 15 November 1971
- Bench
- P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY, D.G. PALEKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 345(2)
Headnote
c D E F G 'H ABDULQAYUM v. THE Sf ATE OF BmAR November 15, 1971 381 [P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY AND D. G. PALEKAll, JI.] Probation of Offenders Act (20 of 1958), ss. 4 and fr-Application of .11ct-Courts to keep reformative aspect in mind. The appellant, was convicted under s. 379 J.P.C. and sentenced to~ Officer recommended that he may be released on probation under s. 6 of !he Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, but the trial court declined to do so on the ground that he was an associate· of the other accused who was a hardened criminal. The order was confirmed in revision by the Hi~h
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