IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1666 OF 2021 (Arising out of SLP (Crl.) No 6340 of 2018)
D. CHIDAMBARNATH … Appellant(s)
VERSUS
STATE BY MAHILA POLICE MYSORE … Respondent(s)
O R D E R
Leave granted.
This appeal is against the judgment and order dated 12.03.2018
passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru dismissing
Criminal Appeal No. 780 of 2012 against an order of conviction and
sentence dated 26.06.2012 passed by the 4th Additional Sessions
Judge, Mysuru in Sessions Case No. 253/2008.
The appellant has been convicted under Section 506 of the
Indian Penal Code and sentenced to imprisonment of 6 months. By an
order dated 10.08.2018, this Court issued notice as to whether the
appellant can be given benefit of the Probation of Offenders Act,
1958.
An interim order was passed extending the exemption granted to
the appellant from surrendering. The complainant is the wife of
the appellant. It is stated that the appellant and the complainant
have compromised their differences and arrived at a settlement.
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The offence for which the appellant has been convicted
is punishable with imprisonment upto two years. The appellant has
been sentenced to imprisonment for six months, as stated above.
This Court deems it appropriate to direct that the appellant be
given the benefit of th...