IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 599 of 2006 Date of Decision : 17.2.2011. Prem ...... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ...... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. Satbir Gill, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Satyavir Yadav, DAG, Haryana, for the respondent-State. NAWAB SINGH J. This revision is directed against the judgment dated December 16th, 2005 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Sirsa affirming the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated August 27th, 2002 of Judicial Magistrate IInd Class, Sirsa whereby the petitioner was convicted under Section 411 of Indian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay fine of Rs.1000/- with default stipulation. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has urged that he does not challenge the conviction and prays for reduction of the sentence. 3. It calls for pointed notice that the occurrence of this case relates to the year 1997 and thus, the petitioner has suffered the agony of protracted criminal proceedings spreading over a long period of 14 years. He has undergone actual sentence of more than four months. He is not previous convict nor has he indulged in any criminal activity before or after registration of this case and is the only bread winner of his family. 4. The aforesaid circumstances are of mitigating Criminal Revision No. 599 of 2006 (2) nature and justify the request made. Hence, this Court upholds the conviction of the petitioner but reduces the sentence to the period already undergone by him. 5. The revision is accepted partly as indicated above. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 17.2.2011. SN