IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 833 of 2003 Date of Decision : 17.5.2011. Rora Singh & another ...... Petitioners Versus State of Haryana ...... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. Shailndra Jain, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Ranvir S. Chauhan, Addl. AG, Punjab, for the respondent-State. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) This revision is directed against the judgment dated March 24th, 2003 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Fatehabad affirming the judgment of conviction dated August 9th, 1999 and order of sentence dated August 10th, 1999 of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Tohana whereby petitioners were convicted and sentenced as under:- Offence Sentence Fine In default 325/34 IPC RI for 1 year Rs.500/- RI for 3 months 326/34 IPC RI for 2 years Rs.500/- RI for 3 months. The sentences were ordered to run concurrently. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners do not challenge the judgment of conviction and only prays for reduction of sentence. He further urged that the petitioners have undergone actual sentence of 6 months and 10 days. The petitioners have already faced the agony of protracted criminal proceedings spreading over a period of 20 years. They are first offenders. They have families to maintain. 3. The grounds taken justify the request made so, this Court upholds the conviction of the petitioners but reduces the sentence to the period already undergone by them. 17.5.2011 (NAWAB SINGH) SN JUDGE