CRR No.1926 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRR No.1926 of 2010 Date of decision: 10.01.2011 Kunan Singh alias Ghucha ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH Present: - Mr. Vikram Chaudhary, Advocate, for Ms. G.K. Mann, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. K.D. Sachdeva, Addl. A.G., Punjab. 1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2.Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not? 3.Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? ***** ALOK SINGH, J (ORAL) Petitioner was found guilty under Sections 61/1/14 of the Punjab Excise Act and was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months and to pay a fine of Rs.1000/- and in default of payment of fine to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for 15 days for the commission of offence punishable under Section 61(i)(c)(ii) of the Punjab Excise Act. He was further sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay a fine of Rs.1000/- for the commission of offence punishable under Section 61(i)(c)(iii) of the Punjab Excise Act and in default, petitioner was further sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 15 days. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner does not challenge the conviction of the petitioner and submitted that the CRR No.1926 of 2010 -2- petitioner has already remained in custody for about five months during the pendency of this case and he has suffered a lot of embarrassment owing to the pendency of this criminal case. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and gone through the record. The present case was registered against the petitioner for office under Section 61/1/14 of the Punjab Excise Act. The sword of damocles is not to hangover the head of the petitioner for all times to come. He has been suffered mental agony due to registration of this criminal case against him. The petitioner has already undergone for about five months in this case. Considering totality of the facts and circumstances of this case while maintaining the conviction of the petitioner, the petitioner is sentenced to undergo for the period already undergone by him in this case. With above mentioned modification in the matter of sentence, this revision petition is dismissed. (Alok Singh) Judge January 10, 2011 R.S.