IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No.1265 of 2003 Date of decision: February 05, 2010 Karma .. Petitioner Vs. State of Haryana .. Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.N. Jindal Present: Mr. Sandeep Kotla, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Ranvir Singh Arya, DAG, Haryana for the respondent. A.N. Jindal, J Assailed in this petition is the judgment dated 26.5.2003 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Panipat, dismissing the appeal filed by the accused-petitioner (herein referred as 'the petitioner') against the judgment dated 28/29.11.1996 passed by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Panipat convicting him under Section 61 (1) (a) of Excise Act, and sentencing him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two months and to pay fine of Rs.500/-. However in appeal the sentence was reduced to one month. At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioner has not assailed the judgment of conviction, however, he has prayed for taking some leniency on the quantum of sentence. Having examined the impugned judgment, it may be observed that the case relates to petty recovery of 24 bottles of liquor and the petitioner has already undergone about 10 days of imprisonment out of the substantive sentence. The occurrence took place way back in the year 1991 and the petitioner has already suffered a lot on account of the protracted proceedings. He has also deposited the fine. Under the circumstances ends of justice would be met if the sentence is reduced to that of already undergone by the petitioner. Resultantly, while dismissing the appeal, the sentence is modified to that of already undergone by him, without alteration in the sentence of fine. February 05, 2010 (A.N. Jindal) deepak Judge