CRR No.477 of 2011 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh. CRR No.477 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 19.04.2011 Malkiat Ram and another ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ....Respondents. Coram:- Hon'ble Mr. Justice Alok Singh 1.Whether reporters of local news papers may be allowed to see judgement ? 2. To be referred to reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest ? Present: Mr. Vinod Ghai, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K.D. Sachdeva, Addl. A.G., Punjab for the State. Mr. C.L. Verma, Advocate for respondent No.2. ... Alok Singh, J (Oral). Petitioners were found guilty under Sections 467/471/120-B of the Indian Penal Code and were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one and a half year and to pay fine of Rs.3000/- under Sections 467/120-B IPC, and in default of payment of fine, to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for 15 days; to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay fine of Rs.2000/- under CRR No.477 of 2011 2 Sections 471/120-B IPC and in default of payment of fine, to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for 10 days. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioners do not challenge the conviction of the petitioners and submitted that the petitioners have already remained in custody for about two months during the pendency of this case and he has suffered a lot of embarrassment owing to the pendency of this criminal case. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and gone through the record. The present case was registered against the petitioner for offence under Sections 420/465/468/471/474/120-B/419 of the Indian Penal Code. The sword of Damocles is not to hangover the head of the petitioners for all times to come. They have suffered mental agony due to registration of this criminal case against them. The petitioners have already undergone sentence for about two months in this case. Considering totality of the facts and circumstances of this case while maintaining the conviction of the petitioners, the petitioners are sentenced to undergo sentence for the period already undergone by them in this case. However, accused/petitioners shall pay compensation/fine of Rs.25,000/- to be paid to the complainant within 30 days from today, failing which present petition shall be deemed having been dismissed. With above mentioned modification in the matter of sentence, this revision petition is dismissed. ( Alok Singh ) Judge 19.04.2011 sk.