IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No.400 of 2005 Date of Decision 18.11.2010 Mohan Lal and others ...... Petitioners VERSUS State of Punjab ...... Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.N.JINDAL Present: Mr.N.S.Sodhi, Advocate with Mr.Amit Verma, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.O.P.Dabla, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondent-State. ***** A.N.JINDAL, J: Assailed in this petition is the judgment dated 10.01.2005, passed by the Appellate Court, dismissing the appeal against the judgment dated 05.11.2001, passed by Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Ferozepur, convicting and sentencing the petitioners-accused (herein referred as 'the petitioners') under Sections 323, 324, 325, 148 and 149 IPC. The allegations against the petitioners are that they armed with kirpan and dangs (bamboo sticks) caused injuries to complainant Manna Ram. Consequently, on trial, they were convicted and sentenced accordingly. Their appeal also failed. Heard. Sufficient evidence has been led in order to establish the charge against the petitioners. The evidence, on the basis of which findings of fact have been returned by the Courts below, appears to have been appreciated in the right perspective. No such illegality much less irregularity or manifest error apparent on the record has been detected, warranting interference by this Court. Criminal Revision No.400 of 2005 -2- Faced with the situation, learned counsel for the petitioners has prayed for extending some leniency on the quantum of sentence. The occurrence in this case took place on 04.08.1998; the petitioners have already suffered a lot of agony on account of the pendency of proceedings in the Courts for the last twelve years and the sword of sentence remained hanging over their heads since then. They have already undergone about four months of the substantive sentence and no bad antecedents have been brought to the surface which may create a hurdle for reducing the sentence awarded against them, therefore, it is a fit case in which some reduction in the sentence could be made. Resultantly, this petition is dismissed with the modification in the sentence which is reduced to six months without any alteration in the sentence of fine. Copy of the order be sent to the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ferozepur, for compliance. (A.N.Jindal) Judge 18.11.2010 mamta-II