THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.319 OF 2005 DATED 14th DECEMBER, 2010. BETWEEN : Ch.Ramaiah & others ..Petitioners-accused and The State of A.P. ..Respondent THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.319 OF 2005 ORDER: This Criminal Revision Case under Sections 397 and 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is filed by the petitioners-A.3 to A.5 and A.7 to A.9 against the judgment, dated 22.02.2005, rendered in Criminal Appeal No.209 of 2002 by the X Additional District and Sessions Judge (FTC), Guntur at Narsaraopet. Initially, petitioners and other accused were prosecuted in C.C.No.210 of 1997 by the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Chilakaluripet, for the offence under Sections 120B and 419 of Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’) in which A.1 and A.2 were acquitted and the petitioners-A.3 to A.5 and A.7 to A.9 were convicted under Section 248 (2) Cr.P.C. and sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for three months for the offence under Section 120B IPC and also to suffer simple imprisonment for two years for the offence under Section 419 IPC. Challenging the same, petitioners preferred an appeal. Learned Sessions Judge partly allowed the appeal setting aside the conviction and sentence imposed on the petitioners for the offence under Section 120B IPC. However, he confirmed the conviction and sentence imposed by the trial Court for the offence under Section 419 IPC. 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 crime occurred in the year 1996 and for all these years the petitioners suffered humiliation and also stigma in the society. It is represented that the petitioners are the sole breadwinners of their respective family and have to look after the welfare his family members. This Court is of the view that after this long lapse of time, there is no necessity to send the petitioners to prison. 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 shall stand unchanged. With above modification, the Criminal Revision Case is disposed of. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 14.12.2010 sur