Supreme Court of India

Bala Baine Linga Raju v. State of A.P.

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Reported as [2009] 7 S.C.R. 595
Bench S.B. Sinha J.
Decided 5 May 2009

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We are of the opinion that even otherwise the sentence imposed on him is just and proper.

Judgment, page 10

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Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 - ss. 4 and 5 - Applicability of the Act - Appellant stabbed husband of PW2 - with a scissor causing injuries to his lung and heart which proved fatal...,. Trial court convicted appellant uls.304 Part I c /PC and sentenced him to undergo seven years' imprisonment - High Court upheld conviction but directed release of appellant under the Act by purporting to grant appropriate amount of compensation to PW2 - Held: S.4 of the Act empowers the court to release a person on probation of good > conduct, if the offence is not punishable with death or imprisonment for

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