MILIND S/O ASHRUBA DHANVE AND ORS. versus THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Case summary from SCR

Issue for Consideration Whether the Appellants are entitled to the benefit of ss.3 and 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, and if so, to what extent; whether the benefit of s.4 of the 1958 Act is available to an offender who has been sentenced only with payment of fine, and not imprisonment. Headnotes† Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 – ss.3, 4 – Power of court to release certain offenders after admonition or on probation of good conduct – Penal Code, 1860 – s.53 – Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 – s.4 – Benefit of