Criminal Revision No. 346 of 1993 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh. Criminal Revision No. 346 of 1993 Date of Decision: 05.02.2008 Kartar Singh and Others …Petitioners Versus State of Punjab …Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. H.S.Bhullar and Mr. G.B.S. Gill, Advocates for the petitioners. Mr. Amit Chaudhary, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab, for the State. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) At the outset, Mr. Bhullar has stated that he will not be contesting the conviction and will confine his arguments on quantum of sentence. Admittedly, Bhag Singh died on 10.9.1974. The Will was prepared after his death on 13.6.1985 and for the first time, it was used in mutation proceedings in the year 1986. Mr. Bhullar has further stated that no benefit has been derived from the Will by any of the parties. It has been contended that since the Will was prepared in the year 1985, now about 23 years are going to lapse. The case was registered on 11.6.1987. Petitioners have suffered a protracted trial of more than 20 years. It has been further stated that as per the head note of the Criminal Revision No. 346 of 1993 2 trial Court judgment, age of Kartar Singh was recorded as 45 years, age of Balwant Singh was recorded as 50 years, and age of Faqir Singh was recorded as 55 years. It is stated that they are now in their early 70's. It is contended that no useful purpose will be served by sending the petitioners behind the bars. I have given my thoughtful consideration to the submissions made by Mr. Bhullar. Since the FIR was registered in 1987, no party has derived any benefit from the Will and the petitioners are more than 65 years of age, no useful purpose will be served by sending them behind the bars. Accordingly, their sentence is reduced to already undergone. However, fine is enhanced to Rs.20,000/- qua each accused. The fine shall be deposited by the petitioners in the Court on or before 30.4.2008. Non-payment of fine will amount to dismissal of the present revision petition. With these observations, the present revision petition is disposed of. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge February 5, 2008 “DK