Where a satisfactory disposition of the case has been worked out under section 265D, 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
265D and hear the parties on the quantum of the punishment, releasing of the accused on probation of good
conduct or after admonition under section 360 or for dealing with the accused under the provisions of the
Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 (20 of 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 360 or the provisions of
the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 (20 of 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, as the
case may be;
(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;
(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.
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