IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 2227 of 2005 Date of Decision : 24.1.2011. Krishan Mohan Chopra ...... Petitioner Versus Punjab Pollution Control Board, Nabha Road, Patiala. ...... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. GPS Bal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Shekhar Mudgal, Advocate, the respondent. NAWAB SINGH J. This revision is directed against the judgment dated November 23rd, 2005 passed by Sessions Judge, Jalandhar affirming the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated February 9th, 2004 passed by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jalandhar whereby the petitioner was convicted under Section 37 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one and a half years and to pay fine of Rs.2500/- with default stipulation. 2. Learned counsel urged that he does not challenge the conviction and prays for reduction of the sentence. 3. The petitioner has already undergone the actual sentence of five months, he is not previous convicts nor has he indulged in any criminal activity before or after registration of this case and is the only bread earner of his family. 4. The aforesaid circumstances are of mitigating nature and justify the request made. Hence, this Court upholds the conviction of the petitioner but reduces the sentence to the period already undergone by him. 5. The revision is accepted partly as indicated above. 24.1.2011 (NAWAB SINGH) SN JUDGE