CRIMINAL REVISION NO.2617 OF 2011 :{ 1 }: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH DATE OF DECISION: DECEMBER 08, 2011 Rakesh Kumar .....Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? PRESENT: Mr. Gurditt Singh Saini, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, DAG, Punjab, for the State. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. The petitioner was prosecuted for offences under Sections 279, 304A, 337 and 427 IPC. Upon conviction, he was sentenced to undergo RI for a period of one and a half years under Section 304A IPC coupled with fine of `2,000/-. In default of payment of fine, he was further to undergo RI for two months. In addition, the petitioner is sentenced to undergo RI for six months each under Sections 279, 337 and 427 IPC. CRIMINAL REVISION NO.2617 OF 2011 :{ 2 }: The petitioner was driving Tata Sumo, which hit the motor cycle head on. The eye witness account was given, on the basis of which the petitioner has been convicted. The conviction is well supported by evidence. The petitioner filed an appeal, which has also been dismissed. Counsel for the petitioner, however, prays for some leniency on the ground that the petitioner is a young person of 27 years age and having small children to look after. The counsel further pleads that the petitioner is the only bread earner in the family. As per the custody certificate placed on record today in Court, he has already undergone sentence of 2 months and 27 days. Considering the young age of the petitioner and that he is now repentant and has a liability, a case for showing some leniency is made out. The sentence as imposed under Section 304A IPC is reduced from one and half years RI to one year RI. However, the fine under Section 304A IPC and the sentence awarded under Sections 279, 337 and 427 IPC are maintained. With the above modification in the sentence, the revision petition is dismissed. December 08, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) khurmi JUDGE