Justice L. Victoria Gowri passed the order on November 13, 2025, in a criminal revision petition filed by Krishnakumari alias Pragalya, who was convicted under Sections 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code for criminal breach of trust and cheating. Court maintained her conviction but replaced her one-year prison sentence with a probationary term under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, noting that she had voluntarily returned the cheated amount to the victims.”

“bench of Justice L. Victoria Gowri passed the order on November 13, 2025, in a criminal revision petition filed by Krishnakumari alias Pragalya, who was convicted under Sections 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code for criminal breach of trust and cheating. Court maintained her conviction but replaced her one-year prison sentence with a probationary term under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, noting that she had voluntarily returned the cheated amount to the victims.”
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