Criminal Misc.No. 44923 of 2009 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.No. 44923 of 2009 in Criminal Revision No.2360 of 2009 Date of decision:- 27.9.2010 Ashok Kumar ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present:- Mr. Sunil Chadha, Advocate for the applicant-petitioner. Mr. K.D. Sachdeva, Addl.A.G. Punjab. RAM CHAND GUPTA J.(Oral) Criminal Revision No.2360 of 2009 Heard. Admitted. Criminal Misc. No.44923 of 2009 This is an application under Section 397 Cr.P.C. for suspension of sentence of the applicant-petitioner during the pendency of the revision-petition. Contends that the applicant-petitioner has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year for commission of offence under Section 304-A IPC and that the applicant-petitioner has already undergone about three months of sentence out of total awarded. Further contends that the revision- petition is not likely to be heard in near future. Learned counsel for the State has not disputed these facts. The revision-petition is not likely to be heard in near Criminal Misc.No. 44923 of 2009 -2- future. Applicant-petitioner has already undergone about three months of rigorous imprisonment out of total one year rigorous imprisonment awarded. Hence, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the application of the applicant-petitioner is accepted and the remaining sentence of the applicant-petitioner is suspended during the pendency of the revision-petition. Bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Ropar. September 27, 2010 ( RAM CHAND GUPTA ) vj JUDGE