IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Rev. No. 552 of 2009 Date of Decision: 12.01.2011 Baljit Singh @ Bitta .... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH Present : None for the petitioner Mr. K.D. Sachdeva, Addl. A.G. Punjab 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? ALOK SINGH, J. (ORAL) None was present for the petitioner on 2.12.2010 and 21.12.2010. Even today none is present for the petitioner to press the petition. Present petition is preferred against the judgment of learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Samana whereby petitioner Baljit Singh @ Bitta was found guilty of offences under Sections 354, 342, 506, 509 and 452 IPC and was sentenced to undergo RI for one year under Section 354 and to pay fine of Rs. 500/- in default of payment of fine to further undergo RI for two months; to undergo RI for six months under Section 342 IPC and to pay fine of Rs. 100/- in default of payment of fine to further undergo RI for one month; to undergo RI for six months under Section 506 IPC and to pay fine of Rs. 100/-, in default of payment of fine to further undergo RI for one Crl. Rev. No. 552 of 2009 2 month; to undergo RI for six months under Section 509 IPC and to pay fine of Rs. 100/-, in default of payment of fine to further undergo RI for one month and to undergo RI for one year under Section 452 IPC and to pay fine of Rs. 500/-, in default of payment of fine to further undergo RI for two months. Feeling aggrieved from the judgment passed by learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Samana, an appeal was preferred before learned Sessions Judge which was decided vide judgment dated 24.2.2009 confirming the conviction and sentence passed by learned trial court. An Application Crl. Misc. No. 32524 of 2010 is filed before this Court enclosing therewith compromise dated 28.4.2010 between the accused and complainant seeking permission to compound the offences. In view of the totality of the facts and circumstances of the case that parties have arrived at compromise in the opinion of this Court, sentence passed against the petitioner should be reduced to the period already undergone, present revision petition is disposed of modifying the order passed by both the Courts below to the extent that sentence awarded to the petitioner shall be reduced to the period already undergone. (ALOK SINGH) 12.01.2011 JUDGE reena