THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL APPEAL No.1570 OF 2010 DATED 30th DECEMBER, 2010. BETWEEN : Mohd. Ismail .. Appellant-A.1 and The State of A.P. ..Respondent THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL APPEAL No.1570 OF 2010 JUDGMENT: Present appeal is filed against the conviction and sentence imposed by the trial Court in S.C.No.408 of 2007 whereby the appellant herein was convicted for an offence under Sections 392 and 427 of Indian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years and six months respectively. Heard. After arguing for sometime, the learned counsel for the appellant confined his arguments only in connection with quantum of sentence and informed this Court that the appellant has already suffered imprisonment for 5 ½ years and he continued to be in prison ever since from the date of arrest. Considering the date of occurrence and the long lapse of the detention of the appellant, this Court is inclined to reduce the sentence of imprisonment imposed on the appellant. In the result, the conviction imposed on the appellant-A.1 by the learned IV Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad, in Sessions Case No.408 of 2007 on 19.11.2008 for the offence under Sections 392 and 427 of Indian Penal Code is hereby confirmed. However, the sentence of imprisonment imposed for the offence under Section 392 of Indian Penal Code is reduced from seven years to five years. The period of detention already suffered by the appellant is directed to be given set off under Section 428 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Fine amount imposed by the Sessions Judge is not interfered with. Appellant shall be released after serving the sentence, if he is not required in any other case. Remaining portion of the impugned judgment shall stand unaltered. With above modification, the Criminal Appeal is disposed of. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 30.12.2010 sur