Supreme Court of India

Chellammal and Another v. State Represented by the Inspector of Police

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Reported as [2025] 4 S.C.R. 2306
Bench Dipankar Datta and Manmohan JJ.
Decided 22 April 2025

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Issue for Consideration Whether the appellants could be granted the benefit of probation either u/s.360(1) of CrPC or u/s.4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958; whether the High Court was justified in not extending the benefit of probation to the appellants. Headnotes† Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 – sub-section (1) of s.4 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.360 – Appellants were jointly tried for commission of offences u/ss.304- and 498- of IPC – The Sessions Court acquitted the appellants of charge u/s.304- but convicted them u/s.498- of IPC – The High Court maintained the

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