Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973–Secs. 360 & 361 [Corresponding Secs. 401 & 402 of BNSS, 2023]–Appellate Court has adopted an inconsistent standard by extending the benefit of probation to petitioner no. 2 while declining similar indulgence to petitioner no. 1 without assigning cogent reasons–Justification–Sentence discretion must be informed by rational parameters and cannot be exercised upon invisible or undisclosed considerations.
