1988 INSC 0038
                                                    Mohan Singh
                                                           Vs

                                                     State of U. P.
                                           Civil Appeal No. 24 of 1988
                                 (G.L. Oza, B.C. Ray, K. Jagannatha Shetty JJ)

                                                      14.01.1988
                                                        ORDER

1. Special leave granted. Heard learned counsel for the parties.
2. In the peculiar circumstances of this case and in view of the fact that the appellant is a man of 85
years of age and he had already been in jail for a few months, he deserves to be considered under
Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act. Under these circumstances we direct that as he is on
bail, he shall not be sent to jail on his furnishing a bond of good behaviour to the satisfaction of
Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kashipur, Nainital.
3. The appeal is disposed of accordingly.
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