https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=41378 Probation under Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act is not appropriate for a serious economic offence involving large-scale contraband and smuggling linked to customs and defence restrictions. The Court treated possession of a very large quantity of gold as indicative of organised smuggling and held that such conduct warranted strict treatment rather than leniency. It also noted that the record did not establish inability to pay the fine. On that basis, the benefit of probation was found unwarranted and the original conviction and sentence were restored. en-us Fri, 30 Jan 1981 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:35:45 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=41378 Probation under Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act is not appropriate for a serious economic offence involving large-scale contraband and smuggling linked to customs and defence restrictions. The Court treated possession of a very large quantity of gold as indicative of organised smuggling and held that such conduct warranted strict treatment rather than leniency. It also noted that the record did not establish inability to pay the fine. On that basis, the benefit of probation was found unwarranted and the original conviction and sentence were restored. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 30 Jan 1981 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=41378