https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=181217 Before extending probation under Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, the court must call for and consider the probation officer's report and assess the offender's antecedents, including any prior conviction. The text treats that report as mandatory in the exercise of discretion, and says probation was not sustainable where the offender was a previous convict and the required report was not obtained. It also states that suppression of an earlier conviction and non-disclosure of material facts amounts to concealment of vital information, disentitling the offender to relief and justifying interference with the impugned order. en-us Fri, 29 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 13 May 2024 17:43:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=181217 Before extending probation under Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, the court must call for and consider the probation officer's report and assess the offender's antecedents, including any prior conviction. The text treats that report as mandatory in the exercise of discretion, and says probation was not sustainable where the offender was a previous convict and the required report was not obtained. It also states that suppression of an earlier conviction and non-disclosure of material facts amounts to concealment of vital information, disentitling the offender to relief and justifying interference with the impugned order. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 29 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=181217