Criminal Revision No. 80 of 2006 1 .. IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 80 of 2006 Date of Decision : 21.3.2011 Dharu alias Gangadhar and others ......Petitioners Versus State of Haryana ......Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. R.K.Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioners, Mr. Satyavir S. Yadav, DAG, Haryana, for the respondent-State. Mr. Aditya Sanghi, Advocate, for the complainants. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) This revision is directed against the judgment dated January 4th, 2006 passed by Additional Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court), Bhiwani affirming the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated September 24th, 2001 of Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Bhiwani, whereby, petitioners were convicted and sentenced as under:- Offence Sentence Fine In default 323 IPC SI for 1 year - - 325 IPC SI for 2 years ` 2000/- SI for 3 months 452 IPC SI for 2 years ` 2000/- SI for 3 months The sentences were ordered to run concurrently. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners do not challenge the judgment of conviction and only pray for reduction of sentence to the period already undergone by them. The grounds pleaded are that, (i) the occurrence took place in the Criminal Revision No. 80 of 2006 2 .. year 1996; (ii) during the pendency of revision, parties also entered into a compromise vide compromise deed dated March 19th, 2011 (Annexure A/1); (iii). they are residing in the same village; (iv) the petitioners have suffered the agony of protracted criminal proceedings spreading over a long period of 15 years; and (v). they are neither previous convicts nor have they indulged in any criminal activity before or after registration of this case. 3. The aforesaid circumstances 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 21.3.2011. som