https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279788 Where an offender has been released on probation under Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, that benefit should not be withdrawn in appeal without cogent reasons, because the statute is reformative and intended to avoid imprisonment where probation is appropriate. Here, the conviction was reduced to a lighter form of criminal intimidation, yet the appellate court set aside the probation order and substituted fine with default imprisonment without any adequate justification. In the absence of such reasons, interference with the probation order was unwarranted, and the accused remained entitled to release on probation of good conduct. en-us Sat, 29 Sep 1973 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 05 Apr 2019 10:04:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279788 Where an offender has been released on probation under Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, that benefit should not be withdrawn in appeal without cogent reasons, because the statute is reformative and intended to avoid imprisonment where probation is appropriate. Here, the conviction was reduced to a lighter form of criminal intimidation, yet the appellate court set aside the probation order and substituted fine with default imprisonment without any adequate justification. In the absence of such reasons, interference with the probation order was unwarranted, and the accused remained entitled to release on probation of good conduct. Case-Laws Indian Laws Sat, 29 Sep 1973 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279788