IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 368 of 2003. Date of Decision : 15.2.2011. Devinder Singh ......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ......Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. A.D.S. Sukhija, Advocate, for the petitioner, Mr. Ranvir S. Chauhan, DAG Punjab, for the respondent-state. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) Challenge herein is to the judgment dated February 10th, 2003 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala affirming the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated July 25th, 2001 of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Patiala, whereby, petitioner was convicted under Section 411 IPC and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 1 year and to pay fine of Rs.1000/- with default stipulation. Allegations, in brief, against the petitioner are that he was found in possession of a car having reason to believe the same to be stolen property of Dr. R.S. Atwal (PW-3). Learned counsel for the petitioner states that he does not challenge the conviction of petitioner on merits and prays for reduction of the sentence to the period already undergone, that is, 2 months and 6 days. The grounds pleaded are that the petitioner was in his 20s at the time of commission of offence. Prior to the registration of the present case and thereafter, he had never been challaned for any offence. He is the only bread winner of his family. He has suffered the agony of protracted criminal proceedings spreading over a period of 14 years. Criminal Revision No. 368 of 2003 (2) In view of above, conviction of the petitioner is upheld but the sentence imposed upon him is reduced to the period already undergone. The revision is accepted partly as indicated above. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 15.2.2011. SN