C.R.R. No.1112 of 2001 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.R.R. No.1112 of 2001 (O&M) Date of Decision: 02.02.2011 Rajesh Singh ……Petitioner Versus U.T. Chandigarh ……Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI -.- Present: Mr. Arvind Bansal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sarfaraj Hussain, Standing counsel for U.T., Chandigarh. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? AJAY TEWARI, J. (ORAL) This petition has been filed against the conviction of the petitioner under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 in case F.I.R. No.288 dated 15.09.1994 registered at P. S. Central, Chandigarh. Learned counsel for the petitioner has not been able to bring home the argument that the conviction is flawed in any manner. C.R.R. No.1112 of 2001 (O&M) -2- He however brought to the notice of this Court that the petitioner is a young boy of 18 years old and was immediately apprehended during the commission of the offence. It is further argued that out of the total sentence of one year petitioner has already undergone 2 months and 1 day. It is further argued that the petitioner has learnt his lesson and any further incarceration may not have any reformative effect but may ultimately harden the petitioner. Learned counsel for the Union Territory, Chandigarh has placed on record the custody certificate as per which the assertion of learned counsel for the petitioner is corroborated. Keeping in mind the argument of learned counsel for the petitioner, I deem it appropriate, even while upholding the conviction of the petitioner, to reduce the sentence of the petitioner to that he has already undergone. Ordered accordingly. The petitioner is on bail. Bail bond shall stand discharged. Petition stands disposed of. ( AJAY TEWARI ) February 02, 2011 JUDGE ashish