Criminal Revision No. 1785 of 2009 -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 1785 of 2009 Date of decision : 18.11.2009 Ravinder Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ...Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND Present: Mr. Arun Yadav, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. S.S.Pattar, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana S. D. ANAND, J. In this revision petition against conviction, notice only qua the sentence was issued by a Coordinate Bench (Mahesh Grover, J.) of this Court. The Bench further observed that the issuance of notice would enable the parties to explore the possibility of compensating the family of the deceased. Learned counsel for the petitioner informs that inspite of his best endeavour it has not been possible to bring the petitioner around to consider granting compensation to the family of the deceased. The matter has, thus, to be disposed of on merits thereof. The charge upheld against the petitioner was that he caused death of Madan Lal by having driven vehicle bearing Registration No,HR 46A-7072 rashly and negligently. That finding of fact was affirmed in Ist Appeal by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Rewari. The learned counsel for the petitioner, being cognizant of the fact that it is only notice qua sentence which had been issued, states that petitioner had already undergone sentence for a period of two months. Criminal Revision No. 1785 of 2009 -2- **** Learned counsel for the petitioner prays that sentence awarded to the petitioner may be reduced to the period already undergone. Learned State counsel contests the plea and states that the sentence does not deserve dilution as one life was lost in the impugned accident. The factors, which go into the determination of an order on point of sentence, include the damage caused to the party affected thereby. In the given case, the petitioner drove a truck at a rash speed and in a negligent manner and that manner of driving caused the death of Madan Lal, a rickshaw puller. Those who drive vehicles on the highway must all the time remain cognizant of the fact that there are less privileged brethren of theirs as well who tread the road as pedestrians or otherwise, particularly when the vehicle is passing through a populated area. Madan Lal was obviously plying the rickshaw for earning a living. In the circumstances of the case, there is no justification whatsoever to consider dilution of sentence awarded to the petitioner by the learned Trial Magistrate and the learned Additional Sessions Judge. Dismissed. November 18, 2009 (S. D. ANAND) Pka JUDGE