Crl. Rev. No.3400 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh. Crl. Rev. No.3400 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: 24.02.2011 Sukhwinder Singh ....Petitioner Versus M/s. Ess Dee Hire Purchase Ltd. ....Respondent. Coram:- Hon'ble Mr. Justice Alok Singh 1.Whether reporters of local news papers may be allowed to see judgement ? 2. To be referred to reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest ? Present: Mr. Karan Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. B.S. Bhalla, Advocate for the respondent. ... Alok Singh, J (Oral). Petitioner was found guilty under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months and to pay a fine of Rs.500/-, vide judgement dated 24.11.2009 passed by the Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Moga. However, in appeal, learned Additional Sessions Judge, Moga vide order dated 8.12.2010 has reduced the sentence to rigorous imprisonment for five and a half months and ordered that order qua fine shall remain intact. Crl. Rev. No.3400 of 2010 2 At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner does not challenge the conviction of the petitioner and submitted that the petitioner has already remained in custody for about four months during the pendency of this case and he has suffered a lot of embarrassment owing to the pendency of this criminal case. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and gone through the record. The present case was registered against the petitioner for offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The sword of Damocles is not to hangover the head of the petitioner for all times to come. He has suffered mental agony due to registration of this criminal case against him. The petitioner has already undergone sentence for about four months in this case, out of total period of five and a half months. Considering totality of the facts and circumstances of this case while maintaining the conviction of the petitioner, the petitioner is sentenced to undergo sentence for the period already undergone by him in this case. With above mentioned modification, this revision petition is dismissed. ( Alok Singh ) Judge 24.02.2011 sk.