P&H: Allows Belated Compliance With Probation Conditions as petitioner in custody in another case, Sets ₹50,000 Compensation
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted a final opportunity to a man convicted under Section 411 of the Indian Penal Code to comply with the conditions on which he was granted probation. Justice Virinder Aggarwal directed that his one-year sentence would not be executed if he deposited compensation and furnished the required probation bonds within 15 days.
The petitioner, Deepak, had been convicted and sentenced to one year’s imprisonment. In an appeal decided on July 18, 2018, the appellate court affirmed the conviction but granted him the benefit of probation as a first offender, subject to furnishing bonds...
