IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Revision No.2372 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 03.10.2011 Kalyan Singh ....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH Present: - Mr. JPS Sidhu, Advocate, for the petitioner. 1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2.Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not? 3.Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? ***** ALOK SINGH, J (ORAL) Learned counsel for the petitioner, while placing reliance on the judgment of this Court in the case of Karnail Singh Vs. State of Punjab, Crl. Revision No.112 of 2008 decided on 19.8.2009, has submitted that Section 12 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 provides that notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, a person found guilty of an offence and dealt with under the provisions of Section 3 or Section 4 shall not suffer disqualification, if any, attaching to a conviction of an offence under such law; in other words, Section 12 does contemplate automatic disqualification of a person released on probation, therefore, petitioner be permitted to withdraw this petition with liberty to take appropriate legal steps if any adverse view is taken against the petitioner because of disqualification. Dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty. (Alok Singh) Judge October 03, 2011 R.S.