IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No.740 of 2004. Date of Decision : 7.2.2011. Dharminder Singh ......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ......Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. L.M. Gulati, Advocate with Ms. Niti Wadhawan, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Ranvir S. Chauhan, DAG Punjab, for the respondent-State. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) This revision is directed against the judgment dated February 20th, 2004 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Gurdaspur affirming the judgment of conviction dated February 11th, 2002 and order of sentence dated February 12th, 2002 of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Batala, whereby, petitioner was convicted under Section 471 of Indian Penal code and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay fine of Rs.500/- with default stipulation. Allegations, in brief, against the petitioner are that in the year 1989, he produced a forged matriculation certificate while appearing in recruitment test for the post of Constable in Police Department in State of Punjab. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioners has stated that he does not challenge the judgment of conviction on merits and confines his arguments only regarding quantum of sentence on the ground that petitioner has already undergone actual sentence of 2 months and 13 days. He is only bread winner of his family. He has suffered the agony of protracted criminal proceedings spreading over a long period of 22 years. He is not a previous convict nor indulged in any criminal activity before or after registration of this case. Criminal Revision No.740 of 2004 (2) The aforesaid circumstances are of mitigating nature and justify the request made. Hence, this Court upholds the conviction of the petitioner but reduces the sentence to the period already undergone by him. The revision is accepted partly as indicated above. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 7.2.2011 SN