CRR No.2042 of 2011 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh. CRR No.2042 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 06.09.2011 Harjit Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ....Respondent. Coram:- Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.N. Jindal Present: Mr. R.K. Dadwal, Advocate for the petitioner. ... A.N. Jindal, J.(Oral) Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court. Mr. B.S. Sra, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice. Assailed in this petition is the judgment dated 20.7.2011 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Gurdaspur, dismissing the appeal filed by the accused-petitioner (herein referred as, 'the accused') against the judgment dated 23.1.2008 passed by the Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Pathankot, convicting and sentencing him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months under Section 279 IPC and rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay fine of Rs.300/- under Section 304-A IPC. No argument has been advanced on the question of conviction. However, the only prayer made by the counsel for the petitioner is that since the deceased suffered injuries while alighting from the rear window of the CRR No.2042 of 2011 2 bus, the only fault of the driver was that he started the bus without having any signal from the conductor. Having examined the judgements passed by the Courts below, the opinion formed by them is correct and these concurrent findings regarding the guilt of the accused could not be disturbed. As regards the quantum of sentence, keeping in view the fact that the petitioner has already suffered a lot due to the protracted proceedings pending against him, I am of the considered opinion that ends of justice would be met if some leniency is extended to him. Resultantly, this petition is dismissed with the modification in the sentence, which is reduced to six months without any alteration in the sentence of fine. ( A.N. Jindal ) Judge 06.09.2011 sk.