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Handout On Probation of Offenders Act Pamphlet
Handout On Probation of Offenders Act Pamphlet
Handout On Probation of Offenders Act Pamphlet
1.
R Mahalingam vs G Padmavathi and another Rights Initiative THE
(Supreme Court of India), 1978‐‐LW(Crl)182
PROBATION
passed in 1958. Section 562 of the CrPC 21years of age for an offence punishable with 5. Direct the offender to pay compensation
(1898) was the earliest provision which dealt imprisonment (but not imprisonment for life). If the and cost of proceedings to the person whom
Court passes any sentence of imprisonment, it shall he/she has caused loss/injury : Section 5
with probation. It was later amended in 1974
record its reason for doing so.]
and became section 360.
6. Providing grounds to imprison offenders
Section 9: Procedure in case of offender failing