IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: October 12, 2011 Crl. Revision No. 2215 of 2011 Jagtar Singh …Petitioner Versus The Punjab State. … Respondent Crl. Revision No. 2273 of 2011 Sukhdeep Singh …Petitioner Versus The Punjab State. …Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH 1. Whether reporters of local news papers may be Allowed to see judgment? 2. To be referred to reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr. Ranjit Saini, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Mr. Raghbir Chaudhary, Sr. DAG, Punjab. Alok Singh, J. (Oral) CRR No. 2215 of 2011 Petitioners were found guilty and sentenced to undergo imprisonment vide judgment and order dated 01.02.2010 of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ropar, is as under:- Sr. No . Name of convicts Under Section Sentence 1. Jagtar Singh 326/34 IPC Undergo RI for two years and to pay fine of Rs.1000/- 379/34 IPC Undergo RI for one year and to pay fine of Rs.500/- 411 IPC Undergo RI for one year and to pay fine of Rs.500/- 2. Sukhdeep Singh 326/34 IPC Undergo RI for two years and to pay fine of Rs.1000/- 379/34 IPC Undergo RI for one year and to pay fine of Rs.500/- 2 CRR No. 2215 of 2011 The appeal filed by the accused/revisionists was dismissed and judgment passed by the learned Trial Court was upheld by learned Appellate court/Additional Sessions Judge, Ropar, vide judgment dated 06.09.2011. Learned counsel for the petitioner(s) states that he is not pressing this petition on merit and is not challenging the conviction of the accused. Learned counsel has argued that this Court may enhance the compensation/fine and may consider to reduce the sentence for the period already undergone. Learned Counsel for the accused-petitioners agrees to pay Rs.25,000/-each to the injured as compensation over and above the fine imposed by the learned Trial Court. Mr. Raghbir Chaudhary, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, states that petitioners are the first time offender and no other criminal case is pending against them. He further submits that petitioner– Jagtar Singh has already undergone one month and six days I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have perused the record. In the opinion of this Court, no useful purpose would be served by keeping the accused/petitioners in the company of hardcore criminals; they have already faced mental agony; reducing the sentence for the period already undergone and enhancing the fine/compensation to be 3 CRR No. 2215 of 2011 paid to the injured seems to be best option. Therefore, sentence imposed by the learned Trial Court is reduced for the period already undergone in the present case. However, fine/compensation imposed upon the petitioners is enhanced to Rs.25,000/- each over and above the fine already imposed by the Trial Court, which shall be payable to the injured under Section 357 Cr.P.C. The petitioners are directed to deposit the above said amount, within one month from today, with the Trial Court. It is made clear that in case enhanced amount of compensation is not deposited, as directed above, this petition shall be deemed to have been dismissed and in that event, the order of the learned Trial Court shall revive automatically. With above mentioned modification in the matter of sentence, these petitions stand disposed of. A photocopy of this order be placed on the file of the connected matter. October 12, 2011 ( Alok Singh ) vkd Judge 4