IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No.1010 of 2005 Date of Decision 13.10.2010 Harpal Singh ...... Petitioner VERSUS State of Haryana ...... Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.N.JINDAL Present: Mr.Satbir Singh Gill, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.J.S.Rattu, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, for the respondent-State. ***** A.N.JINDAL, J: Challenge in this petition is to the judgment dated 20.04.2005, passed by Sessions Judge, Sirsa, dismissing the appeal of the petitioner- accused (herein referred as 'the petitioner') against the judgment dated 10.12.2003, passed by Special Judicial Magistrate, Sirsa, convicting and sentencing him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of four months and to pay a fine of Rs.500/- under Section 354 IPC. Allegations against the petitioner are that on 02.09.1997, he tried to outrage the modesty of Ranjit Kaur, daughter of the complainant. Consequently, on trial, he was charged, tried, convicted and sentenced accordingly. His appeal also failed. Without assailing the judgment of conviction, some leniency on the quantum of sentence has been sought. Even otherwise, on scrutiny of the impugned judgment, it transpires that the evidence led by the prosecution appears to have been appreciated in the right perspective. No such illegality much less Criminal Revision No.1010 of 2005 -2- irregularity or perversity was found or detected in the conduct of trial or procedure, which may result into miscarriage of justice or failure of justice, therefore, the findings returned by the Courts below regarding conviction do not call for any interference at this revisional stage. The occurrence is of the year 1997. The petitioner has already suffered a lot of agony on account of the protracted proceedings for the last thirteen years. He has already undergone about one month of the substantive sentence. Under these peculiar circumstances, it would be in the fitness of things to extend some leniency on the quantum of sentence. Resultantly, this petition is dismissed with the modification in the sentence which is reduced to three months without any alteration in the sentence of fine. Copy of the order be sent to the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sirsa, for compliance. (A.N.Jindal) Judge 13.10.2010 mamta-II