CRR No.2550 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRR No.2550 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 10.01.2011 Jarnail Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH Present: - Mr. Vikas Bahl, for the petitioner. Mr. K.D. Sachdeva, Addl. A.G., Punjab. 1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2.Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not? 3.Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? ***** ALOK SINGH, J (ORAL) Petitioner was found guilty under Sections 324/326/341 of the Indian Penal Code and was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one month and to pay a fine of Rs.100/- and in default to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven days for the commission of offence punishable under Section 341 IPC. He was further sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay a fine of Rs.1000/- under Section 324 IPC and in default, petitioner was further sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one month. He was further sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 10 months and to pay a fine of Rs.2000/- and in default, he was further sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two months. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner does not CRR No.2550 of 2010 (O&M) -2- challenge the conviction of the petitioner and submitted that the petitioner has already remained in custody for about two 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 office under Sections 324/326/341 of the Indian Penal Code. 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 for about two months in this case. Considering totality of the facts and circumstances of this case while maintaining the conviction of the petitioner, the petitioner is sentenced to undergo for the period already undergone by him in this case. However, accused/petitioner shall pay compensation/fine of Rs.25,000/- to be paid to the injured, within 30 days from today, failing which present petition shall be deemed having been dismissed. With above mentioned modification in the matter of sentence, this revision petition is dismissed. (Alok Singh) Judge January 10, 2011 R.S.