IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 596 of 2003 Date of Decision : 25.04.2011. Prem and others. ...... Petitioners Versus State of Haryana ...... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. N.D.Achint, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Ranvir Singh Chauhan, DAG, Punjab, for the respondent-State. NAWAB SINGH J. This revision is directed against the judgment dated February 19 th, 2003 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala, affirming the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated December 18 th, 2001 of Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Rajpura whereby, petitioners were convicted and sentenced as under:- Offence Sentence Fine In default Accused – Prem and Fakir Chand 148 RI for 1 year ` 500/- RI for 1 month 323 IPC - ` 1000/- RI for 2 months 324 IPC RI for 1 year ` 1000/- RI for 2 months Accused – Om Parkash and Roda 148 RI for 1 year ` 500/- RI for 1 month 323 IPC - ` 1000/- RI for 2 months Accused – Mewa Ram 148 RI for 1 year ` 500/- RI for 1 month The sentences were ordered to run concurrently. 2. The occurrnece took place on July 28 th, 1994 on a trival dispute over a piece of land. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners do not challenge the judgments of conviction and only prays for reduction of sentence. The grounds pleaded are that, (i) the petitioners have already faced the agony of protracted criminal proceedings spreading over a period of 17 years; (ii). prior to the registration of the present case and thereafter, they had never been challaned for any offence; (iii). they are the only bread winners of their families; and (iv) they have already undergone actual sentence of 1 month and 9 days. 4. The grounds taken justify the request made so, this Court upholds the conviction of the petitioners but their sentence is reduced to the period already undergone by them. However, the sentence of fine shall remain intact. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 25.04.2011 som