Where a satisfactory disposition of the case has been worked out under
section 292, the Court shall dispose of the case in the following manner, namely:—
(a) the Court shall award the compensation to the victim in accordance with the
disposition under section 292 and hear the parties on the quantum of the punishment,
releasing of the accused on probation of good conduct or after admonition under
section 401 or for dealing with the accused under the provisions of the Probation of
Offenders Act, 1958 or any other law for the time being in force and follow the procedure
specified in the succeeding clauses for imposing the punishment on the accused;
(b) after hearing the parties under clause (a), if the Court is of the view that
section 401 or the provisions of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 or any other law
for the time being in force are attracted in the case of the accused, it may release the
accused on probation or provide the benefit of any such law;
(c) after hearing the parties under clause (b), if the Court finds that minimum
punishment has been provided under the law for the offence committed by the accused,
it may sentence the accused to half of such minimum punishment, and where the
accused is a first-time offender and has not been convicted of any offence in the past,
it may sentence the accused to one-fourth of such minimum punishment;
(d) in case after hearing the parties under clause (b), the Court finds that the
offence committed by the accused is not covered under clause (b) or clause (c), then,
it may sentence the accused to one-fourth of the punishment provided or extendable,
as the case may be, for such offence and where the accused is a first-time offender
and has not been convicted of any offence in the past, it may sentence the accused to
one-sixth of the punishment provided or extendable, as the case may be, for such
offence.
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