IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Rev.No.2060 of 2009 Date of decision : 11.9. 2009 Pritam Singh alias Rinku ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER .... Present : Mr.D.R.Singla, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.B.B.S.Teji, AAG, Punjab for the respondent. ..... MAHESH GROVER, J. This revision petition is directed against the judgment of learned Sessions Judge, Bathinda dated 27.7.2009 vide which the appeal preferred by the petitioner against the judgment and order of sentence dated 23.1.2009 rendered by the learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Bathinda was dismissed. The trial court convicted the petitioner for having committed the offence under Section 411 IPC and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 6 months and fine of Rs.500/-, in default thereof, further rigorous imprisonment for one month. Crl.Rev.No.2060 of 2009 -2- At the outset learned counsel for the petitioner contended that he does not wish to assail the impugned judgments on merit but only confines his submission to the fact that the petitioner has undergone more than 2 months out of the total imprisonment of 6 months and that he has been facing the ordeal of criminal proceedings for the last 6 years. He also contends that the allegations against him are not so serious as he was alleged to have stolen a television set belonging to his neighbour which has since been recovered. On the other hand, learned counsel for the State contended that there is no mitigating circumstance in favour of the petitioner so as to warrant any lenient view. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties. After noticing the fact that the petitioner has undergone more than 2 months out of the total period of sentence of 6 months and also the fact that he has faced the agony of criminal proceedings for 6 long years, I deem it appropriate to reduce the sentence of the petitioner to that of already undergone and enhance the amount of fine to Rs.3,000/-. Ordered accordingly. The amount of fine shall be deposited before the learned trial court within three months and failure to do so shall result in automatic revival of sentence of the petitioner which he shall be liable to undergo. The fine if deposited shall be forfeited to the State. With the modification in the quantum of sentence as indicated above, the petition is disposed of. 11.9.2009 (MAHESH GROVER) JUDGE dss