Criminal Revision No. 760 of 2006 1 .. IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 760 of 2006 Date of Decision : 09.05.2011 Shyam Singh & others ...... Petitioners Versus State of Haryana ...... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. Sunil Chadha, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Satyavir Yadav, DAG Haryana, for the respondent-State. NAWAB SINGH J (Oral) This revision is directed against the judgment dated April 1st, 2006 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Panipat affirming the judgment of conviction dated July 10th, 2004 and order of sentence dated July 12th, 2004 passed by Judicial Magistrate First Class, Panipat, whereby the petitioners were convicted and sentenced as under:- Offence Sentence Fine In default 147 IPC RI for 3 months - - 448 IPC RI for 3 months - - 379/149 IPC RI for 6 months - - 506/149 IPC RI for 3 months - - 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners do not challenge the judgments of conviction and only prays for reduction of sentence. He has urged that the matter pertains to the year 1992 on account of a dispute between the petitioners, who were landlords and Shamsher Singh – complainant, Criminal Revision No. 760 of 2006 2 .. who was tenant. Petitioners filed Eviction Application under Section 13 of the Haryana Urban (Control of Rent and Eviction) Act, 1973 against Shamsher Singh, which was allowed. Shamsher Singh lost his case upto the Hon`ble Supreme Court. 3. It calls for pointed notice that the petitioners have suffered the agony of protracted criminal proceedings spreading over a long period of 19 years. They are not previous convicts nor have they indulged in any criminal activity before or after registration of this case and are the only bread winners of their families. 4. The grounds taken justify the request made so, this Court upholds the conviction of the petitioners but their sentence is reduced to the period already undergone by them. 5. The revision is accepted partly as indicated above. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 09.05.2011 som