Law: Penal Code (XLV of 1860)

Section: 411

Probation of Offenders Ordinance (XLV of 1960) S. 5- -Release on probation---Accused not previous convict and sole bread winner of family-- Sentence of six months substituted by probation order-Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 411. Date of hearing : 28th May 1971. JUDGMENT Khalid Latif petitioner, a young man of 22 years of age, was convicted by the trial Magistrate for an offence tinder, section 411, P. P. C., for having been found in possession of, three loud speakers, stolen from the Muslim High School valued at Rs. 96. He was awarded a sentence of six months' R. I. Having failed in. appeal he has preferred the present revision petition. 2. Learned counsel does not challenge the conviction on merits but has only prayed that in -view of the fact that the petitioner is not a previous convict' and has recently lost his father who died on the 21st of November 1970, as indicated by the death certificate placed on the record the sentence of six months' R. I. may be substituted by a probation order. It is submitted that he is the sole bread-winner of the, family and that the ends of justice…