-1- Criminal Revision No.1533 of 2003. IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ... Criminal Revision No.1533 of 2003. Date of Decision: February 23, 2010. Ramjan and another ... Petitioners VERSUS State of Haryana ...Respondent 1. Whether the Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? CORAM : HON'BLR MR. JUSTICE MOHINDER PAL. Present: Mr. G.S. Bhatia, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Manish Deswal, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana. -.- MOHINDER PAL, J. The petitioners were convicted under Section 8 of the Punjab Prohibition of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955 (hereinafter -2- Criminal Revision No.1533 of 2003. referred to as `the Act') for contravening the provisions of Section 3 of the Act for slaughtering the cow and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay fine of Rs.1000/- each in default whereof to undergo further simple imprisonment for one month. Their appeal was dismissed by the lower appellate Court. The learned counsel for the petitioners does not challenge the conviction. However, he states that keeping in view the facts that the occurrence relates to 24.7.1998; that the petitioners were sentenced on 31.5.2001 by the trial Court and their appeal was dismissed by the lower appellate Court on 16.7.2003; that they remained incarcerated for about three months; and that Sword of Damocles, as such, remained hanging over their heads for more than twelve and a half years, lenient view may be taken in the matter of sentence. Consequently, conviction of the petitioners under Section 8 of the Act for contravening the provisions of Section 3 of the Act is maintained. However, keeping in view the facts stated above, I am of the opinion that no useful purpose will be served in sending the petitioners to jail again at this stage. Accordingly, the sentence of imprisonment is reduced to the one already undergone by the petitioners. However, the sentence of fine and the default clause shall remain unaltered. The impugned sentence order stands modified to the extent indicated above. -3- Criminal Revision No.1533 of 2003. With the above modification in the sentence order, this revision petition is hereby dismissed. February 23, 2010. ( MOHINDER PAL ) ak JUDGE