IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No.60 of 2005 Date of Decision 10.11.2010 Raj Pal Singh ...... Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab ...... Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.N.JINDAL Present: Mr.Sandeep Sharma, Advocate, as Amicus Curiae, for the petitioner. Mr.O.P.Dabla, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondent-State. ***** A.N.JINDAL, J: Assailed in this petition is the judgment dated 30.09.2004 passed by the Appellate Court, dismissing the appeal against the judgment dated 24.01.2000, passed by the Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Batala, convicting and sentencing the appellant-petitioner (herein referred as 'the petitioner') to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay a fine of Rs.2,000/- under Section 304-A IPC. The allegations against the petitioner are that he while driving the truck bearing registration No.PB-18A-1212, rashly and negligently, struck against the motorcycle of Puneet Arora and caused injuries to him. Due to the said injuries, he died. The petitioner was tried, convicted and sentenced accordingly. His appeal also failed. Heard. 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, appears to have been appreciated in the right perspective. Criminal Revision No.60 of 2005 -2- Faced with the situation, learned counsel for the petitioner has prayed for extending some leniency on the quantum of sentence. The occurrence in this case took place on 17.04.1996; the petitioner has already suffered a lot of agony on account of the protracted proceedings pending in the Courts for the last fourteen years; he has already undergone more than six months of the substantive sentence and he has not repeated the offence, therefore, it would be in the fitness of things if some reduction in the sentence could be made. Resultantly, petition is dismissed with the modification in the sentence which is reduced to nine months without any alteration in the sentence of fine. Copy of the order be sent to the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gurdaspur, for compliance. Amicus Curiae may claim remuneration from the competent authorities as per rules. (A.N.Jindal) Judge 10.11.2010 mamta-II