{"id":309411,"date":"2023-12-15T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T10:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=309411"},"modified":"2023-12-20T17:15:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T11:45:05","slug":"hp-hc-benefit-of-probation-and-offenders-act-cannot-be-granted-in-offence-involving-rash-and-negligent-driving-legal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/12\/15\/hp-hc-benefit-of-probation-and-offenders-act-cannot-be-granted-in-offence-involving-rash-and-negligent-driving-legal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefit of Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 cannot be granted in offence involving rash and negligent driving: Himachal Pradesh High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Himachal Pradesh High Court:<\/span> In an application seeking release of the applicant on probation under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001538881\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002825995\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Probation of Offenders Act, 1958<\/a> (&#8216;the Act&#8217;), <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Rakesh Kainthla, J.*<\/span>, opined that it was not permissible to grant the benefit of the Act in an offence which involved rash and negligent driving and accordingly, dismissed the application.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In an instant case, at the time of the commission of an offence, the applicant was of twenty-nine years. However, currently he was in a regular government job and also, was married and had two school going children. The applicant&#8217;s wife was posted as a clerk in the office of Sub Divisional Collector and the applicant&#8217;s mother was dependent upon him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">It was stated in the application that the applicant had no criminal antecedents and he was also acquitted in a criminal case which was registered against him vide FIR dated 03-04-2011. It was also stated that the applicant had face trial for five years and he had already spent eighteen years in litigation. Hence, the benefit of the Act should be granted to the applicant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court relied on <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Dalbir Singh<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Haryana<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/Members\/NoteView.aspx?enc=SlRYVC0wMDAwMDI5MDMzJiYmJiY0MCYmJiYmU2VhcmNoJiYmJiZmdWxsc2NyZWVuJiYmJiZmYWxzZSYmJiYmKDIwMDApIDUgU0NDIDgyJiYmJiZQaHJhc2UmJiYmJkZpbmRCeUNpdGF0aW9uJiYmJiZmYWxzZQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2000) 5 SCC 82<\/a>, wherein it was held that the benefit of the Act could not be granted to a person convicted of the commission of offences punishable under Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561577\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">279<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">304-A<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> and also, relied on <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Thakur Singh<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Punjab<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/Members\/NoteView.aspx?enc=SlRYVC0wMDAwMDMzNTUwJiYmJiY0MCYmJiYmU2VhcmNoJiYmJiZmdWxsc2NyZWVuJiYmJiZmYWxzZSYmJiYmKDIwMDMpIDkgIFNDQyAyMDggJiYmJiZQaHJhc2UmJiYmJkZpbmRCeUNpdGF0aW9uJiYmJiZmYWxzZQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2003) 9 SCC 208<\/a>; <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Punjab<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Balwinder Singh<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/Members\/NoteView.aspx?enc=SlRYVC0wMDAwMDQ3NTAxJiYmJiY0MCYmJiYmU2VhcmNoJiYmJiZmdWxsc2NyZWVuJiYmJiZmYWxzZSYmJiYmKDIwMTIpIDIgIFNDQyAxODIgJiYmJiZQaHJhc2UmJiYmJkZpbmRCeUNpdGF0aW9uJiYmJiZmYWxzZQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2012) 2 SCC 182<\/a> and opined that it was not permissible to grant the benefit of the Act in an offence which involved rash and negligent driving and accordingly, dismissed the application.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">State of Himachal Pradesh v. Subhash Chand, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/ndUOO096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 SCC OnLine HP 1617<\/a>, decided on 08-12-2023<\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">*Judgment authored by- Justice Rakesh Kainthla<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Advocates who appeared in this case :<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For the Applicant:<\/span> P.S. Goverdhan, Senior Advocate with Rakesh Thakur, Advocate;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For the Appellant<\/span>: Jitender Sharma, Additional Advocate General.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000080;\">Buy Penal Code, 1860 &nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebcwebstore.com\/product_info.php?products_id=1158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebcwebstore.com\/product_info.php?products_id=1158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/penal-code-1860-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"penal code, 1860\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-294601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/penal-code-1860-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/penal-code-1860-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/penal-code-1860-440x293.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/penal-code-1860-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/penal-code-1860.jpg 886w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/penal-code-1860-60x40.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8220;The applicant submitted that he has deep roots in the society. 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