Criminal Revision No.321 of 2006 1 .. IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No.321 of 2006 Date of Decision : 22.02.2011. Bua Ditta ...... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. Upender Parashar, Advocate, for Mr. K.S.Dadwal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Ranvir S. Chauhan, DAG, Punjab, for the respondent-State. NAWAB SINGH J. This revision has been filed by Bua Ditta-petitioner against the judgment dated February 7 th, 2006 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Hoshiarpur affirming the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated June 15 th, 2004 of Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Dasuya whereby, the petitioner was convicted under Section 61(1)(a) of the Punjab Excise Act, 1914 and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 6 months and to pay fine of ` 1000/- with default stipulation. 2. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner has stated that he does not challenge the conviction and prays for reduction of the sentence. He further urged that the petitioner has suffered the agony of protracted criminal proceedings spreading over a long period of 11 years. The petitioner is neither previous convict nor has he indulged in any criminal activity before or after registration of this case and is the only bread winner of his family. 3. The aforesaid circumstances are of mitigating nature and justify the request made. Hence, this Court upholds the Criminal Revision No.321 of 2006 2 .. conviction of the petitioner but reduces the sentence to the period already undergone by him. 4. The revision is accepted partly as indicated above. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 22.2.2011 som