IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 1845 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision : 22.12.2011 Harmit Kaur and another .....Petitioners VERSUS State of Punjab and another ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr. Vaibhav Narang, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, DAG, Punjab for the State. Mr. Ranjit Sharma, Advocate for respondent No. 2. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. This revision is directed against the judgment passed by the Court of Sessions at Amritsar. The petitioners, Sh. Navjeet Singh and Smt. Harmit Kaur, have been convicted for offence under Section 406 IPC as well as Section 498-A IPC. Both the petitioners have been sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay fine of ` 500/- for their conviction under each of the offences as alleged. Both the sentences are to run concurrently. Counsel appearing for the petitioners did not press the application for suspension of sentence in respect of Navjeet Singh, when the case came up for hearing on 18.08.2011. He, however, prayed for suspension of sentence in respect of petitioner No. 1- Criminal Revision No. 1845 of 2011 (O&M) -2- Harmit Kaur on the ground that she is an old lady aged about 85 years. The Court had given opportunity to the counsel for the petitioners to place on record the relevant material to show that the petitioner-Harmit Kaur was 85 years old. Finding this to be so, the prayer made on her behalf for suspension of sentence was adjourned to 23.08.2011. Petitioner No. 1/Harmit Kaur was directed to be admitted to bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Amritsar. The present revision petition was adjourned for arguments. Today, counsel for the petitioners submits that he will not press this petition on merits. He, however, pleads that leniency for both the petitioners on the ground that one of the petitioner is 85 years old and may not be able to bear the rigoros of imprisonment if directed to undergo any further sentence of rigorous imprisonment. Counsel also contends that petitioner, Navjeet Singh has also suffered enough and by now has undergone rigorous imprisonment of five months. He, accordingly, pleads for leniency for this period as well. Considering the old age of petitioner No. 1-Harmit Kaur, the sentence imposed on her is reduced to the period already undergone. The sentence imposed on petitioner No. 2-Navjeet Singh, however, is reduced to the period of nine months rigorous imprisonment instead of one year rigorous imprisonment which was awarded by the appellate Court. The revision petition, otherwise, would stand dismissed. December 22, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) rts JUDGE