Criminal Revision No. 2263 of 2003. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 2263 of 2003. Date of Decision : 9.10.2009. Ramzan Ali Mohamad ......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ......Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. A.S. Syan, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. D.S. Brar, DAG Punjab, for the respondent-State. NAWAB SINGH J. This revision is directed against the judgment dated July 16th, 2003 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala whereby, the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated August 30th, 2001 of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Patiala was upheld and the petitioner was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of two years under Section 304-A of Indian Penal Code. 2. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner has stated that he does not challenge the judgment of conviction on merits and confines his arguments only regarding quantum of sentence. He further submitted that the petitioner is a middle-aged man and has faced the agony of protracted trial. Further, the petitioner remained in custody for nine months. Keeping in view the aforesaid mitigating circumstances, the sentence imposed upon the revisionist be reduced to the one already undergone by him. 3. In this case, the occurrence relates to the year 2000 and the accused has already spent nine months in custody. This Court is of the opinion that as the accused-petitioner has suffered the agony of protracted criminal proceedings spreading over Criminal Revision No. 2263 of 2003. 2 a long 9 years, no useful purpose shall now be served by sending him behind the bars for any further period. 4. As a result, 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 9.10.2009. SN