CRR No.17 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRR No.17 of 2011 Date of decision: 17.01.2011 Darshan Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH Present: - Mr. A.K. Khunger, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Bhavna Gupta, DAG, Punjab. 1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2.Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not? 3.Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? ***** ALOK SINGH, J (ORAL) Petitioner was found guilty under Section 61(1)(c) of the Punjab Excise Act and was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay a fine of Rs.5000/- and in default to pay the fine to further undergo imprisonment for two months. The appeal preferred by the revisionist was dismissed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Ferosepur, vide judgment dated 16.12.2010 and order passed by the learned Trial Court was affirmed. Learned counsel for the petitioner does not want to press the present revision on merit and only requests that since petitioner was found guilty under Section 61(1)(c) of the Punjab Excise Act, and the maximum period of sentence is one year, hence he may be released on probation. Ms. Bhavna Gupta, learned Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, CRR No.17 of 2011 -2- states that petitioner/revisionist is the first time offender and no other criminal case is pending against him. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and gone through the record. The sword of damocles is not to hangover the head of the petitioner for all times to come. He has suffered mental agony due to registration of this criminal case against him. Considering totality of the facts and circumstances of this case while maintaining the conviction of the petitioner in this case, I direct that the accused/petitioner be released on probation on furnishing of probation bond before the learned Trial Court for one year With above mentioned modification, this revision petition is disposed of. (Alok Singh) Judge January 17, 2011 R.S.