Criminal Revision No.999 of 2003 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No.999 of 2003. Date of Decision : 2.2.2011. Hujefa alias Ajef & others ......Petitioners Versus State of Haryana ......Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: for the petitioners Mr. Satyavir Yadav, DAG, Haryana, for the respondent-State. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) Mr. Balkar Singh, Advocate, who is present in the Court, is appointed as amicus curiae. This revision is directed against the judgment dated May 2nd, 2003 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Gurgaon, affirming the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated October 21st, 1999 Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Ferozepur, whereby, the petitioners were convicted under Section 8 of the Punjab Prohibition of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955 and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay fine of Rs.1000/- with default stipulation. 2. 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 four months and 27 days. They have faced the agony of protracted criminal proceedings spreading over a period of 14 years. They are not previous convict and are the only bread earners of their families. 3. The aforesaid circumstances are of mitigating nature and justify the request made. Hence, this Court upholds the Criminal Revision No.999 of 2003 2 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