IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 946 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: August 12, 2010 Harbhajan Singh .. Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .. Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.N. Jindal Present: Mr. Gurmeet Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Baljinder Singh Sra, Addl. A.G. Punjab. A.N. Jindal, J Assailed in this petition is the judgment dated 5.4.2011 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Hoshiarpur, dismissing the appeal preferred by the accused- petitioner Harbhajan Singh (herein referred as, 'the accused') against the judgment dated 28.4.2007 passed by the Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Dasuya, convicting and sentencing him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay fine of `1000/- under Section 304-A IPC. At the very outset without assailing the findings of conviction, it has been submitted petitioner that he has already undergone about two months of the substantive sentence, therefore, he may be dealt with leniently on the quantum of sentence. Having examined the impugned judgment, the evidence appears to have been appreciated in the right perspective. Both the courts below have returned concurrent findings of fact that the accident took place as a result of rash and negligent act of the accused as he while parking the truck, on the road, did not place indicators as a result of which the couple came in spate and died. No illegality much less irregularity or perversity has been Criminal Revision No. 946 of 2011 -2- detected or pointed out warranting interference by this court. As such, no exception to the opinion expressed by the courts below 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 2000; the petitioner has already suffered a lot due to the protracted proceedings pending against him since then; he has already undergone about two months of the substantive sentence, as such, I am of the considered opinion that ends of justice would be met if some leniency is extended to him. Resultantly, this revision petition is dismissed with the modification in the sentence which is reduced to six months without any alteration in the sentence of fine. Copy of this judgment be sent to the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hoshiarpur for compliance. August 12, 2011 (A.N. Jindal) deepak Judge