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Sending first time offenders of less serious offence to jail might attract them towards a life of crime instead of reforming: Punjab and Haryana HC upholds probation
The sole intention of the legislature in passing probation laws is to give person of a particular type of chance of reformation, which they would not get if sent to prison.