IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 153 of 2005 Date of Decision : 18.1.2011. Kashmiri Singh & another ...... Petitioners Versus State of Haryana ...... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: None for the petitioners. Mr. Satyavir Yadav, DAG Haryana, for the respondent-State. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) Mr. H.L. Bhatia, Advocate, is appointed as Amicus Curiae. This revision is directed against the judgment dated December 24th, 2004 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Rohtak affirming the judgment of conviction dated September 27th, 2004 and order of sentence dated September 30th, 2004 of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rohtak whereby the petitioners were convicted and sentenced as under:- Offence Sentence Fine In default 323/34 IPC RI for 6 months Rs.200/- SI for 1 month 324/34 IPC RI for 1 year Rs.300/- SI for 1 ½ months The sentences were ordered to run concurrently. 2. Learned counsel urged that he does not challenge the conviction and prays for reduction of the sentence. 3. It calls for pointed notice that the occurrence of this case relates to the year 1994 and thus, the petitioners have suffered the agony of protracted criminal proceedings spreading over a long period of 17 years. The petitioners are not previous convicts nor have they indulged in any criminal activity before or after registration of this case and are the only bread earner of their respective families. Criminal Revision No. 153 of 2005 (2) 4. The aforesaid circumstances are of mitigating nature and justify the request made. Hence, this Court upholds the conviction of the petitioners but reduces the sentence to the period already undergone by them. 5. The revision is accepted partly as indicated above. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 18.1.2011. SN