THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.994 OF 2005 DATED 23rd DECEMBER, 2010. BETWEEN : Shaik Rasool .. Petitioner-accused and The State of A.P. ..Respondent THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.994 OF 2005 ORDER: This is a revision arising out of sentence and conviction imposed on the petitioner-accused in Criminal Appeal No.341 of 2004 on 17.06.2005 by the learned II Additional Sessions Judge, Guntur. Initially, the accused was prosecuted in S.T.C.No.99 of 2004 by the learned Special Judicial II Class Magistrate, Mangalagiri, wherein he was convicted under Section 252 Cr.P.C. for the offence under Section 279 of Indian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for six months and to pay fine of Rs.1,000/-. Challenging the same, petitioner preferred an appeal. In appeal, the learned Sessions Judge confirmed the conviction imposed by the trial Court. However, he reduced the sentence of imprisonment from six months to two months. Aggrieved over the same, petitioner filed the present revision. Heard. After arguing for sometime, the learned counsel for the petitioner confined his arguments only to the extent of imposition of sentence and prayed this Court to show some indulgence on the petitioner. In view of the said submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner, the merits and demerits of the prosecution case and impugned judgment need not be adjudicated now. The offence took place in the year 2004 and for all these years the accused suffered stigma and humiliation in the Society. Considering the same, this Court is of the view that some lenience can be shown towards the petitioner in imposition of sentence. Accordingly, the conviction imposed by the trial Court and confirmed by the Appellate Court is hereby confirmed. However, the sentence of imprisonment is modified to that of the period already undergone by him in prison. The remaining portion of the impugned judgment including fine amount shall stand unchanged. With above modification, the Criminal Revision Case is disposed of. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 23.12.2010 sur