IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 1875 of 2011. Date of Decision : 13.9.2011. Suresh Kumar alias Summi & another ...... Petitioners Versus State of Punjab ......Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. G.S. Sandhu, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. J.S. Bhullar, AAG, Punjab, for the respondent-state. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) This revision is directed against the judgment dated July 6th, 2011 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala whereby he partly set-aside the judgment dated March 18th, 2008 of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Patiala and convicted the petitioners under Section 323 of Indian Penal Code and sentenced them to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months and to pay fine of Rs.1000/- with default stipulation. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners do not challenged the judgments of conviction and only prays for reduction of sentence. 3. The grounds pleaded are that, (i) the petitioners have undergone actual sentence of about five months; (ii) they have already faced the agony of protracted criminal proceedings spreading over a period of 10 years; (iii) they were not charged or challaned in any case prior to or after registration of the present case and; (iv) they are the only bread winners of their respective families. 4. The grounds taken justify the request made so, this Court upholds the conviction of the petitioners but their sentence is reduced to the period already undergone by them. However, the sentence of fine shall remain intact. The petitioners be released Criminal Revision No. 1875 of 2011 (2) forthwith, if not required in any other case. 5. A copy of this order be given by hand to the counsel for the parties. Learned State counsel is directed to send a copy of the order to the Central Jail, Jalandhar through fax. 13.9.2011. (NAWAB SINGH) SN JUDGE