Supreme Court of India

Santosh Sahadev Khajnekar v. The State of Goa

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Reported as [2025] 8 S.C.R. 2100
Bench Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 26 August 2025

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above facts and circumstances, ex-facie the conviction of the appellant for the offences punishable under Section 8 of the Act of 2003 is unsustainable.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether conviction of appellant for the offences punishable u/s.8 of the Goa Children’s Act, 2003 is sustainable; whether the appellant deserves to be given benefit under provisions of Probation of Offenders Act, 1958. Headnotes† Goa Children’s Act, 2003 – s.8 – Penal Code, 1860 – ss.323, 352, 504 – Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 – An FIR came to be lodged against the appellant for the offences punishable u/ss.323, 352 and 504 of the IPC and u/s.8 of the Act of 2003 – Appellant was convicted and sentenced by the President, Children’s Court – However, the High Court

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