Criminal Revision No.13 of 2006 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No.13 of 2006 Date of Decision : 11.02.2011. Gurmail Singh alias Goga & another ......Petitioners Versus State of Punjab ......Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. J.S. Chahal, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Ranvir S. Chauhan, DAG, Punjab, for the respondent-State. NAWAB SINGH J. This revision is directed against the judgment dated November 25th, 2005 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Jalandhar affirming the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated April 23rd, 2001 of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Nakodar, whereby, the petitioners were convicted under Section 61(1)(c) of the Punjab Excise Act and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay fine of Rs.5000/- with default stipulation. 2. 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. He further urged that the petitioners have suffered the agony of protracted criminal proceedings spreading over a long period of 14 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 winners of their families. 3. The aforesaid circumstances are of mitigating Criminal Revision No.13 of 2006 2 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. 4. The revision is accepted partly as indicated above. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 11.2.2011. SN