THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.489 of 2005 ORDER: This Criminal Revision Case under Sections 397 and 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is filed by the petitioner-appellant against the judgment, dated 07.02.2005, rendered in Criminal Appeal No.53 of 2003 by the II Additional District & Sessions Judge(Fast Track Court), Ongole. Initially, the petitioner-accused was prosecuted in S.C.No.407 of 2001 by the Assistant Sessions Judge, Markapur, whereby he was convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of two years and to pay a fine of Rs.500/- in default, to suffer SI for a period of two months, for the offence punishable under Section 376 read with 511 IPC. Challenging the same, he preferred an appeal. The learned Sessions Judge dismissed the appeal confirming the conviction and sentence imposed against the petitioner by the trial Court. Aggrieved over the same, petitioner filed the present revision. Heard. After arguing for sometime, learned counsel for the petitioner confined his arguments only to the extent of imposition of sentence and prayed the Court to show some indulgence on the petitioner. In view of the said submission, the merits and demerits of the Prosecution case and impugned judgment need not be adjudicated. Admittedly, the occurrence took place in the year 2001 and pendency of the case for these 10 years caused much humiliation to the petitioner. Hence, at this long lapse of time, there is no necessity to send the petitioner to prison and some lenience can be shown towards him in imposition of sentence. Accordingly, the conviction imposed by the trial Court and as confirmed by the Appellate Court is hereby confirmed. In any event, taking into consideration the fact that the matter is pending from the year 2001, the sentence of imprisonment imposed by the trial Court and as confirmed by the appellate court is hereby reduced to that of the period already undergone by the petitioner in prison. Remaining portion of the impugned judgment including fine amount shall stand unaltered. With the above modification, the Criminal Revision Case is disposed of. ___________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Date:27.01.2011 Rns