Landmark case · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Juvenile Justice and Probation · Semester 5
Jugal Kishore Prasad v. State of Bihar
AIR 1972 SC 2522 · Supreme Court of India
The Probation of Offenders Act is a reformative statute; courts should consider probation where the offender is young and the offence is not so grave as to rule out reformation.
From topic
Probation of Offenders Act, 1958
— Unit V, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Juvenile Justice and Probation.
Related sections:
- Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, 3 — Power of court to release certain offenders after admonition
- Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, 4 — Power of court to release certain offenders on probation of good conduct
- Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, 6 — Restrictions on imprisonment of offenders under twenty-one years of age
- Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, 11 — Courts competent to make order under the Act