Criminal Revision No.894 of 2003 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No.894 of 2003 Date of Decision : 2.2.2011 Sulakhan Singh & another ......Petitioners Versus State of Punjab ......Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. Amit Verma, Advocate for Mr. N.K. Sodhi, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Ranvir S. Chauhan, Addl. AG, Punjab, for the respondent-State. NAWAB SINGH J. This revision is directed against the judgment dated April 5th, 2003 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Ferozepur, affirming the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated January 8th, 2003 of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Fazilka, whereby the petitioners were convicted and sentenced as under:- Offence Sentence Fine In default 323 IPC RI for 3 months 324 IPC RI for 1 year Rs.500/- RI for 7 days Both the sentences were ordered to run concurrently. 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 submitted that the accused have undergone actual sentence of more than four months. They have faced the agony of protracted criminal proceedings spreading over a period of 12 years. They are not previous convict and are the only bread earners of their families. Criminal Revision No.894 of 2003 2 3. The aforesaid circumstances are of mitigating 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 2.2.2011. SN