Rajasthan Excise Act, 1950–Secs. 19/54 & 14/57–Probation of Offenders Act, 1958–Sec. 4–Conviction–Reduction of the sentence–Petitioner was a young boy, aged 19 years at the time of incident–He is the sole bread earner of his family–It was the first criminal case registered against him and there is nothing on the record to show that he has any criminal antecedent–Occurrence pertains to the year 2015–He faced the ordeal of criminal proceedings for more than a decade–Held, he is granted the benefit of Sec. 4 of PO Act.
