Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 124 · Decided 24 July 1979
Devki Alias Kala v. The State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1979 INSC 124 · [1980] 1 S.C.R. 91
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 1839/1979
- Decided
- 24 July 1979
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, D.A. DESAI, A.D. KOSHAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
91 Sentencing process-Plea for an order -to release anti-social specialist crimi· 1n.11ls on probation under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 (Act XX of 1958) is an insulting stultification of the amelioratory legislation. The petitioner was convicted and sentenced under Sections 366 for the offences C ,.....1 o"f abduction, seduction and sale of girls to others. In appeal, the High Court confirmed the said order of conviction under Section 366 l.P .C. but set aside .the convicticn under Section 368 -ibid. Dismissing the special lea.ve petition, the Court I-TELD : It
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