Penal Code, 1860–Secs. 458,382, 324/34 & 323 [Corresponding Secs. 331(6), 307, 118(1)/3(5) & 115(2) of BNS, 2023]–Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973–Sec. 361–Conviction–All the offences prescribe a maximum sentence not exceeding three years imprisonment–Petitioner is first-time offender, with no antecedents and the episode in question arose from a localized and private dispute devoid of any broader societal implications of threat to public order–Courts below failed to record any cogent reason for the denial of probation–No subsequent criminal activity–Held, sentence is reduced up to the period of already undergone.
