Supreme Court Rebukes Allahabad HC for Probation Relief to Offenders in Trial Case

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A Supreme Court bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran criticised the Allahabad High Court for showing misplaced sympathy toward two convicted offenders. The trial court had sentenced the two men to five years in jail. The High Court instead released them on probation, citing the length of the trial. The Supreme Court said the case was flawed from the start in terms of delivering justice to the victim.

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