Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 567 · Decided 30 September 2020
Satish @ Sabbe v. The State of Uttar Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 567 · [2020] 9 S.C.R. 21
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 7369/2019
- Decided
- 30 September 2020
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, SURYA KANT, HRISHIKESH ROY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 432; Constitution
Headnote
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 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
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