Provisions Relating To Probation In CrPC (S.360) Not Excluded By Probation Of Offenders Act: SC [Read Order]

Ashok Kini

14 April 2019 12:58 PM IST

"The provisions of Section 360 of the Code are in addition to the provisions of the 1958 Act or the Children Act, 1960, or any other law for the time being in force for the treatment, training or rehabilitation of youthful offenders."

The Supreme Court has held that the provisions in Section 360 of the Code of Criminal Procedure are not excluded by the Probation of Offenders Act. The bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Hemant Gupta observed thus while allowing an appeal [Lakhanlal vs. State of MP] against a Madhya Pradesh High Court order that dismissed an application filed under Section 360 CrPC...

Provisions Relating To Probation In CrPC (S.360) Not Excluded By Probation Of Offenders Act: SC [Read Order]

Ashok Kini

"The provisions of Section 360 of the Code are in addition to the provisions of the 1958 Act or the Children Act, 1960, or any other law for the time being in force for the treatment, training or rehabilitation of youthful offenders."

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