Crl. Revision No. 1644 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Revision No. 1644 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: February 9, 2010 Parminder Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH Present: Mr. GPS Bal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. APS Brar, Sr. DAG, Punjab. GURDEV SINGH, J. Heard. This revision by the petitioner/accused Parminder Singh has been preferred against the judgment dated 18.5.2009 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, dismissing his appeal filed against the judgment dated 17.9.2007 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, vide which he was convicted under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay fine of Rs. 5000/- and in default thereof to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of two months. At the time of arguments, counsel for the petitioner confines his prayer regarding the sentence so imposed. He submits that the petitioner has already undergone imprisonment for a period of eight months and has deposited the fine so imposed upon him. He states that the sentence of Crl. Revision No. 1644 of 2009 2 imprisonment imposed upon the petitioner be reduced to the period already undergone. Interest of justice would be met in case the sentence of imprisonment imposed upon the petitioner is reduced to the period already undergone and sentence of fine is doubled. Accordingly, this revision is allowed and the sentence of imprisonment imposed upon the petitioner is reduced to the period already undergone and the fine of Rs. 5,000/- is enhanced to Rs. 10,000/-. The amount of the fine shall be paid to the complainant as costs of the proceedings. February 9, 2010 (GURDEV SINGH ) prem JUDGE