THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.773 of 2004 O R D E R: This Criminal Revision Case is filed against the judgment in Criminal Appeal No.95 of 2001, dated 21.04.2004 on the file of the VI Additional District and Sessions Judge, (Fast Track Court), Ongole, whereunder the learned Sessions Judge dismissed the appeal confirming the judgment dated 09.04.2001 passed in C.C.No.183 of 1996 by the learned Additional Munsif Magistrate, Kandukur, whereunder the petitioner herein-accused was convicted and sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for six months for the offence under Section 16(1)(a)(ii) r/w 7(v) r/w Sec.2(ia)(b)of P.F.A.Act, 1954 and to pay a fine of Rs.100/- in default to suffer simple imprisonment for one month. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the offence took place in the year 1995 and after lapse of 15 years, sending the person to prison will not be necessary and this Court may leniently consider the sentence imposed by the appellate Court. He relied on the judgment reported in Nand Lal v State of Uttarakhand & Another[1], wherein the Apex Court considering the age of the accused and also long lapse of 27 years, reduced the sentence to the period already undergone. In this case also, learned counsel submits that nearly 15 years have elapsed from the date of offence, and now, the petitioner is married and he has to look after his children and he is the only bread-winner in his family and, hence, he prayed to take a lenient view in imposing the sentence. Considering the above facts and circumstances, the conviction imposed by the Courts below is confirmed, however, the sentence of imprisonment is reduced to the period of imprisonment that has already undergone by the petitioner. The petitioner/accused is directed to pay a sum of Rs.5,000/- apart from the fine amount imposed by the Courts below, within a period of four weeks from the date of a copy of this order is made ready. With the above modification in sentence, the Criminal Revision Case is disposed of. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 25th June, 2010. PNV [1] AIR 2010 SC 1875