THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.988 OF 2005 DATED 8th DECEMBER, 2010. BETWEEN : Abdul Jabber & others ..Petitioners-Accused and The State of A.P. ..Respondent THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.988 OF 2005 ORDER: This is a revision arising out of conviction and sentence passed by the learned I Additional Sessions Judge, Mahabubnagar, in Criminal Appeal No.210 of 2000 on 24.06.2005. Initially, the petitioners-A.1 to A.3 were prosecuted along with other accused i.e. A.4 to A.12 by the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class (Special Mobile) at Mahaboobnagar, in C.C.No.2 of 1999 in which A.1 to A.4 were found guilty for the offence punishable under Section 4 (ii) of P.C.R. Act and A.5 to A.12 were found guilty for the offence punishable under Section 7 (1) (b) P.C.R. Act and accordingly they were convicted under Section 255 (2) Cr.P.C. and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one month and to pay a fine of Rs.300/- each in default to suffer simple imprisonment for one month. Challenging the same A.1 to A.12 filed an appeal. Learned I Additional Sessions Judge partly allowed the appeal by setting aside the conviction and sentence imposed on A.5 to A.12 for the offence under Section 7 (i) (b) of P.C.R. Act and acquitted them. During the pendency of the appeal, A.4 died. Hence, case against A.4 is abated. The learned Sessions Judge confirmed the conviction and sentence imposed on the petitioners-A.1 to A.3 by the trial Court. Aggrieved over the same, present revision has been preferred by the petitioners. Heard. After arguing for sometime, the learned counsel for the petitioners by not pressing the main prayer confined his arguments to the extent of imposition of sentence and requested the Court to show some indulgence on the petitioners. In view of the said submission, this Court is of the view that merits of the Prosecution case and impugned judgment need not be adjudicated. Admittedly, the occurrence is of the year 1998 and for all these years the petitioners suffered humiliation and also stigma in the society. Further the learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are the only breadwinners of their respective family. In these circumstances, this Court is inclined to show some lenience against the petitioners. Accordingly, the conviction imposed by the trial Court and as modified by the Appellate Court is hereby confirmed. However, considering the circumstances of the case, the sentence of imprisonment imposed on the petitioners is hereby reduced to that of the period already undergone by them in prison. The remaining portion of the impugned judgment including fine amount shall stand unchanged. With above modification, the Criminal Revision Case is disposed of. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 08.12.2010 sur