Criminal Revision No. 1958 of 2005 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 1958 of 2005 Date of Decision : 9.2.2011. Umed Singh ......Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ......Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. N.K. Sanghi, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Satyavir Yadav, DAG, Haryana, for the respondent-State. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) Umed Singh-petitioner has filed this revision challenging the judgment dated October 5th, 2005 passed by Sessions Judge, Narnaul affirming the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated November 10th, 2004 of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Mohindergarh, whereby, petitioner was convicted under Section 354 of Indian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay fine of Rs.500/- with default stipulation. 2. Learned counsel urged that he does not challenge the conviction and prays for reduction of the sentence. 3. It calls for pointed notice that occurrence in 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 11 years. He has already undergone actual sentence of 1 month and 18 days. The petitioner was in his 20s at the time of commission of offence. He is not a previous convict nor has he indulged in any criminal activity before or after registration of this Criminal Revision No. 1958 of 2005 2 case and is the only bread winner of his family. 4. The aforesaid circumstances are of mitigating 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 9.2.2011 SN