IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No.873 of 2006 Date of Decision: 12.05.2011 Sajjan Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. R.S.Dadwal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Satyavir Singh Yadav, DAG, Haryana. NAWAB SINGH.J (ORAL) Challenge herein is to the judgment dated March 3 rd, 2006 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Bhiwani, affirming the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated January 6 th, 2003 of Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Charkhi Dadri, whereby, petitioner was convicted under Section 326 of Indian Penal Code and was sentenced to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for 3 years and to pay fine of ` 5,000/- with default stipulation. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has stated that he does not challenge the conviction and prays for reduction of the sentence. It has been added that petitioner has already undergone actual sentence of 4 months and 8 days. He has suffered the agony of protracted criminal proceedings spreading over a long period of 15 years. He is neither previous convict nor has he indulged in any criminal activity before or after registration of this case. 3. The aforesaid circumstances justify the request made. Hence, this Court upholds the conviction of the petitioner but reduces the sentence to the period already undergone by him. 4. The revision is accepted partly as indicated above. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 12.05.2011 som