IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 2458 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 13.12.2011 Yogesh Kumar ...Petitioner Versus The State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH Present: Mr. Chanan Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, DAG, Punjab for the State. RANJIT SINGH J. The petitioner stands convicted for offence under Section 304-A IPC and imposed a sentence of rigorous imprisonment for one year. In addition, the petitioner has also been convicted for offences under Sections 279 and 338 IPC for which he has to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months for each of the conviction under these sections. The notice, in this case, was issued qua quantum of sentence alone. This revision is filed with the delay of 53 days. The application seeking condonation of delay has also been filed. For the reasons mentioned in the application, delay in filing the revision is condoned. It is a case, where the accident has been admitted but the plea is that it was mainly due to fault and negligence of Mazda truck driver. The petitioner has already undergone actual sentence of six months and 16 days out of sentence imposed and has by now Criminal Revision No. 2458 of 2011 (O&M) -2- undergone 7 months and 16 days as on 05.12.2011 including the remissions. Taking the totality of circumstances in view, the case for showing some leniency is made out. The sentence imposed on the petitioner is reduced to 9 months for an offence under Section 304-A IPC. The fine imposed, however, shall stand enhanced to a sum of ` 5000/- for conviction for a offence under Section 304-A IPC. The revision petition, otherwise, is dismissed. December 13, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) rts JUDGE