CRR No.3391 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRR No.3391 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 18.04.2011 Nabab alias Nabbi ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH Present: - Mr. Rakesh Dhiman, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Dhir, DAG, Haryana. 1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2.Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not? 3.Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? ***** ALOK SINGH, J (ORAL) Petitioner was found guilty under Section 3/8 of the Punjab Prohibition of Cow Slaughter Act and was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of three years and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/- for an offence punishable under Section 3/8 of the Punjab Prohibition of Cow Slaughter Act and in default of payment of fine to further undergo simple imprisonment for a period of 90 days, by the Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Ferozepur Jhirka, vide order dated 8.1.2009. The appeal preferred by the accused/petitioner was dismissed and the order of the learned Trial Court was affirmed by the learned Appellate Court/Additional Sessions Judge, Nuh, vide order dated 25.10.2010. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that he is not pressing this revision on merit and is not challenging the conviction of the CRR No.3391 of 2010 (O&M) -2- accused under Section 3/8 of the Punjab Prohibition of Cow Slaughter Act. Learned counsel has argued that this Court may enhance the compensation/fine and may consider to reduce the sentence for the period already undergone. Mr. Gaurav Dhir, learned Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, states that petitioner/revisionist is the first time offender and no other criminal case is pending against him. He further submits that the petitioner/accused has already undergone about 7 months and 23 days. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have perused the record. In the opinion of this Court, no useful purpose would be served by keeping the accused/petitioner in the company of hardcore criminals; reducing the sentence for the period already undergone and enhancing the fine seems to be best option. Therefore, sentence is reduced for the period already undergone in the present case. However, fine imposed upon the petitioner is enhanced to Rs.20,000/- over and above the fine already imposed by the Trial Court. The petitioner is directed to deposit the above said amount, within one month from today, with the Trial Court. It is made clear that in case enhanced amount is not deposited, as directed above, this revision petition shall be deemed to have been dismissed. With above mentioned modification in the matter of sentence, this revision petition stands disposed of. (Alok Singh) Judge April 18, 2011 R.S.