P&H HC Releases Convict With Condition to Plant 50 Trees

The Punjab and Haryana High Court suspended the sentence of a convict in a road-accident death case on the condition that he plant 50 trees and maintain them for five years. The Court considered the convict’s remorse and clean record, aiming at reformative justice rather than pure retribution. The judgment reflects the judiciary’s increasing adoption of community-service-based restorative sentencing in minor or less-aggravated offences.