IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 422 of 2006 Date of Decision : 17.2.2011. Kashmir Singh ...... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. Kanwaljit Singh, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Ajay Singla, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Ranvir Singh Chauhan, DAG Punjab, for the respondent-State. NAWAB SINGH J. This revision is directed against the judgment dated February 17th, 2006 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Muktsar affirming the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated July 18th, 2005 of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Muktsar whereby the petitioner was convicted under Section 61(1)(c) of the Punjab Excise Act, 1914 and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay fine of Rs.5000/- with default stipulation. 2. Learned counsel urged that he does not challenge the conviction and prays for reduction of the sentence. 3. It calls for pointed notice that the offence in question relates to the year 2003 and thus, the petitioner has suffered the agony of protracted criminal proceedings spreading over a long period of 8 years. The petitioner is not previous convict nor has he indulged in any criminal activity before or after registration of this case and is the only bread winner of his family. 4. The aforesaid circumstances are of mitigating nature and justify the request made. Hence, this Court upholds the conviction of the petitioner but reduces the sentence to the period Criminal Revision No. 422 of 2006 (2) already undergone by him. 5. The revision is accepted partly as indicated above. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 17.2.2011. SN