In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Criminal Revision No. 2331 of 2005 Date of decision: December 13, 2010 Lal Singh .. Petitioner Vs. State of Haryana .. Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.N. Jindal Present: Mr. R.D. Yadav, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. J.S. Rattu, DAG, Haryana for the respondent. A.N. Jindal, J Assailed in this petition is the judgment dated 7.12.2005 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Rewari, dismissing the appeal filed by the accused-petitioner (herein referred as, 'the accused') against the judgment dated 7.2.2001 passed by the Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Rewari convicting and sentencing him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years and to pay fine of Rs.1000/- under Section 304-A IPC; rigorous imprisonment for six months and to pay fine of Rs.500/- under Section 279 and 337 IPC. At the very outset, without assailing the judgment of conviction, it has been submitted by the learned counsel that the petitioner is the first offender; has already undergone five months and twelve days of the substantive sentence and he is ready to compensate the heirs of the deceased, therefore, may be dealt with leniently on the quantum of sentence. Having examined the impugned judgment, the evidence appears to have been appreciated in the right perspective. Both the courts below have returned concurrent findings of fact regarding the guilt of the accused. No illegality much less irregularity or perversity has been pointed out warranting interference by this court. As such, no exception could be made to the findings returned by the courts below . Criminal Revision No. 2331 of 2005 -2- Now coming to the quantum of sentence, it may be observed that the occurrence took place way back in the year 1995; the petitioner has already suffered a lot due to the protracted proceedings pending against him since then; he has already undergone five months and twelve days of the substantive sentence; no bad antecedents have come on record so as to dub him as habitual offender and he is ready to compensate the heirs of the deceased. As such, I am of the considered opinion that ends of justice would be met if some leniency is extended to him. Resultantly, while dismissing the petition, sentence passed against the petitioner is modified which is reduced to six months without any alteration in the sentence of fine. However, he is directed to pay compensation to the tune of Rs.50,000/- to the heirs of the deceased which would be shared by them equally, within three months from today, failing which this petition would be treated as dismissed in toto. Copy of the judgment be sent to the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rewari for compliance. December 13, 2010 (A.N. Jindal) deepak Judge