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Release on probation - When denied. - Accused convicted under Excise Act. No ground to release him on probation. Accused convicted and sentenced under section 61 (1)( c) Excise Act. Accused whether be released on probation (No). Provisions of Probation offenders Act are applicable in excep- tional or specific weighty reasons. Probation of Offenders Act, Section 4. Heavy quantity of Lahan and bottles of liquor recovered from accused. Accused sentenced for the offence. It is not a fit case to give benefit under probation of Offenders Act. Recovery of 100 bottles of liquor. Accused convicted. No ground to release the accused on probation in view of huge quantity of recovery of illicit liquor. It is a great imperative of social defence that such activities are curbed with a strong hand in view of hooch tragedies. Accused convicted under Excise Act. Trial continued for 3-1/2 years. It is not a long period to release the accused on Probation. Probation of Offenders Act, Section 4(3). Recovery of 35 bottles of illicit liquor. Accused convicted and sentenced under Section 61 (1 )(a) Excise Act. Accused aged 22 years. Not a fit case for release of accused on probation. This decision did not take into consideration decision of supreme Court and Full Bench decision of Punjab and Haryana High Court.