Updated On: 01 March, 2023 03:02 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
The court said in the case, mere warning would not be sufficient and it is important the convict remembers his conviction so that he does not repeat it

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A court at Malegaon in Maharashtra`s Nashik district has convicted a Muslim man in a case of road accident brawl but instead of imprisonment, it has ordered him to plant two trees and offer namaz (prayers) five times a day for 21 days.
Magistrate Tejwant Singh Sandhu in the order passed on February 27 noted that provisions of the Probation of Offenders Act granted powers to a magistrate to release a convict after admonition or appropriate warning to ensure he or she does not repeat the offence.