126 each case and the court must keep in mind the gravity of the crime, motive for the crime, nature of the offence and all other attendant circumstances. The principle of proportionality in sentencing a crime doer is well entrenched in criminal jurisprudence. As a matter of law, proportion between crime and punishment bears most relevant influence in determination of sentencing the crime doer. The court has to take into consideration all aspects including social interest and consciousness of the society for award of appropriate sentence”. Protection of society and deterring the criminal is the avowed object of law and that is required to be achieved by imposing an appropriate sentence. The sentencing courts are expected to consider all relevant facts and circumstances bearing on the question of sentence and proceed to impose a sentence commensurate with the gravity of the offence. Courts must hear the loud cry for justice by the society in cases of heinous crime and when the offence is committed where the victim is a women. In this present case the crime committed is a crime against woman. Crimes against women are increasing day by day even in the virtual world and this is high time when stringent measures are to be adopted to suppress this menace. While dealing with section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 it was observed that in such case that section 4 of Probation of Offenders Act could be restored to when court considers the circumstances of the case, particularly the nature of the offence, and the court forms its opinion that it is suitable and appropriate for accomplishing a specified object that the offender can be released on probation of good conduct. This court is not in a state of mind to apply section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act as well as section 360 Cr. PC considering the galloping trend in sexual harassment of women in India 354A/354C/354D/509 when the offences of Indian Penal is Code related and to u/s sections 66E/66C/67/67A Information Technology Act 2000 (Amendment 2008) as it would convey a wrong message to the society. While considering the quantum of sentence to be imposed for such an offence one of the prime considerations should be deterrence. Undue sympathy to impose inadequate sentence would do more harm to the justice system to undermine the public confidence in the efficacy of law and society could not long endure under such serious threats. So, it is the

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