IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No.372 of 2003 Date of Decision 09.02.2010 Sohan Singh ...... Petitioner (s) VERSUS State of Punjab ...... Respondent(s) CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.N.JINDAL Present: None for the petitioner. Mr.C.S.Brar, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. ***** A.N.JINDAL, J(ORAL): Assailed in this petition is the judgment dated 10.02.2003, passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Fatehgarh Sahib, dismissing the appeal filed by the petitioner-accused (herein referred as 'the petitioner'), against the judgment dated 03.05.2000, passed by Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Fatehgarh Sahib, convicting and sentencing him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of two months and to pay a fine of Rs.100/- under Section 323 IPC and rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay a fine of Rs.400/- for the offence under Section 325 IPC. Charge against the petitioner was that he caused injury to the complainant Amarjit Kaur. The petitioner was charge-sheeted and tried. Ultimately, he was convicted and sentenced accordingly. His appeal also failed. Sufficient evidence has been led in order to establish the charge against the petitioner. The evidence on the basis of which findings of fact have been returned by the Courts below, appear to have been appreciated in the right perspective. Having perused the records of the case, it transpires that the Criminal Revision No.372 of 2003 -2- offence was committed in the year 1996. The petitioner appears to have suffered much agony of trial due to the protracted proceedings which remained pending for the last about 14 years. He has already undergone some period of the substantive sentence. Thus, it would be in the fitness of things to extend some leniency on the quantum of sentence. Under these circumstances, this petition is dismissed with the modification in the sentence that he is ordered to be released on probation on furnishing personal bond to the tune of Rs.10,000/- with one surety in the like amount to keep peace and be of good behaviour for a period of one year, failing to comply with the terms of bond, he would be ready to serve remaining part of sentence. The petitioner is also ordered to pay a sum of Rs.15,000/- on account of compensation to the injured Amarjit Kaur within three months from today, failing which this petition shall be treated as dismissed in toto. Copy of the order be sent to the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Fatehgarh Sahib, for compliance. Petitioner be informed accordingly. (A.N.Jindal) Judge 09.02.2010 mamta-II