https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173218 Probation under Section 360 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is unavailable for convictions under the Prevention of Corruption Act where the special statute prescribes a mandatory minimum sentence and no saving provision permits reduction below that floor. Section 18 of the Probation of Offenders Act excludes its operation for the corresponding corruption offence, and Section 8 of the General Clauses Act treats references in the earlier law as references to the re-enacted provisions. The practical effect is that general probationary relief cannot override the special penal scheme, and the sentence must remain within the statutory minimum. en-us Mon, 26 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:45:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173218 Probation under Section 360 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is unavailable for convictions under the Prevention of Corruption Act where the special statute prescribes a mandatory minimum sentence and no saving provision permits reduction below that floor. Section 18 of the Probation of Offenders Act excludes its operation for the corresponding corruption offence, and Section 8 of the General Clauses Act treats references in the earlier law as references to the re-enacted provisions. The practical effect is that general probationary relief cannot override the special penal scheme, and the sentence must remain within the statutory minimum. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 26 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173218