CRR No.91 of 2011 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh. CRR No.91 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 10.03.2011 Kulwinder Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ....Respondents. Coram:- Hon'ble Mr. Justice Alok Singh 1.Whether reporters of local news papers may be allowed to see judgement ? 2. To be referred to reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest ? Present: Mr. D.S. Sandhu, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K.D. Sachdeva, Addl. A.G., Punjab for the State. ... Alok Singh, J (Oral). Brief facts of the case are that Chain Singh got recorded a complaint to the effect that he was an agriculturist and was having two sons, namely, Sukhwinder Singh and Davinder Singh. He wanted to send his elder son Sukhwinder Singh abroad. In November, 2004, a deal was struck for Rs.7 lacs with Kulwinder Singh alias Babu travel agent, for sending the son of the complainant to Italy. He handed over Rs.2 lacs and passport of Sukhwinder Singh to Kulwinder Singh in the presence of Daljit Singh in CRR No.91 of 2011 2 November, 2004. The accused took the son of the complainant to Delhi in November, 2004 and thereafter whereabouts of his son were not known. The complainant inquired regarding his son from Kulwinder Singh but he did not disclose any thing. The complainant was having suspicion that the accused Kulwinder Singh has cheated him of Rs.2 lacs and kidnapped his son. After completion of investigation, challan was presented in the Court. Petitioner was found guilty under Sections 420 of the Indian Penal Code and was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of two years and to pay fine of Rs.1,000/- and in default of payment of fine to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one month. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner does not challenge the conviction of the petitioner and submitted that the petitioner has already remained in custody for about seven months during the pendency of this case and he has suffered a lot of embarrassment owing to the pendency of this criminal case. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and gone through the record. The present case was registered against the petitioner for offence under Sections 420/406/364 of the Indian Penal Code. The sword of Damocles is not to hangover the head of the petitioner for all times to come. He has suffered mental agony due to registration of this criminal case against him. The petitioner has already undergone sentence for about seven months in this case. Considering totality of the facts and circumstances of this case while maintaining the conviction of the petitioner, the petitioner is sentenced to undergo sentence for the period already undergone by him in this case. CRR No.91 of 2011 3 With above mentioned modification in the matter of sentence, this revision petition is dismissed. ( Alok Singh ) Judge 10.03.2011 sk.