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Nagarajan & Anr. v. The State of Tamil Nadu

Whether the benefit of the provisions of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 can be granted to the appellants; if the answer…

Partly allowed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
14 May 2025
Citation
[2025] 6 S.C.R. 471
Case no.
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1390/2025
Bench
Dipankar Datta, Manmohan

Issue for consideration

Whether the benefit of the provisions of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 can be granted to the appellants; if the answer to the aforesaid issue is in the negative, can the reduced sentence that the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 Act envisages be imposed on the Adulteration Act, 1954 – s.20AA – Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 – s.97 – Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 – Offences under the PoFA Act took place in 2001 and 1985 – Appellants were convicted and sentenced – Mollification of sentence sought by the

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