IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 1344 of 2005 Date of decision: November 01, 2010 Mohinder Singh .. Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .. Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.N. Jindal Present: Mr. Rajiv Trikha, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Manoj Bajaj, Addl. A.G. Punjab. A.N. Jindal, J Assailed in this petition is the judgment dated 5.7.2005 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Jalandhar, dismissing the appeal filed by the accused-petitioner (herein referred as, 'the accused') against the judgment dated 14.8.2003 passed by the Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Jalandhar, convicting and sentencing him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years under Section 304-A IPC, and rigorous imprisonment for six months and to pay fine of Rs.200/- under Section 279 IPC. At the very outset, without assailing the findings of conviction, learned counsel has submitted that he being the first offender and having undergone about two months and twenty days of the substantive sentence may be extended some leniency on the quantum of sentence. Heard. Having examined the impugned judgment, the evidence appears to have been appreciated in the right perspective. No illegality much less irregularity or perversity has been detected or pointed out warranting interference by this Court. As such, no exception to the judgment of conviction could be made at this revisional stage. Now coming to the quantum of sentence, it may be observed that the occurrence took place way back in the year 1998 and the accused has already suffered a lot due to the protracted proceedings pending against him since then. He has already undergone about two months and twenty days of the substantive sentence. In the aforesaid peculiar circumstances of the case, it would be in the fitness of things to extend some leniency to him. Criminal Revision No. 1344 of 2005 -2- Resultantly, while dismissing the petition, sentence passed against the petitioner is modified which is reduced to one year without alteration in the sentence of fine. Copy of the judgment be sent to the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jalandhar for compliance. November 01, 2010 (A.N. Jindal) deepak Judge