Criminal Revision No. 1318 of 2001 -1- ..... IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 1318 of 2001 Date of decision:- 09.12.2010 Baldev Raj ......Petitioner versus State of Haryana ......Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.N.JINDAL Present: - Mr. A.S. Virk, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. J.S. Rattu, DAG, Haryana A.N. JINDAL, J (ORAL) This petition is directed against the judgment dated 21.08.2001, passed by Addl. Sessions Judge, Kaithal, dismissing the appeal of the petitioner against the judgment conviction dated 01.10.1997 and order of sentence dated 06.10.1997, passed by the trial Court, convicting and sentencing him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year each for the offences under Sections 406 and 498-A of Indian Penal Code. The allegations against the petitioner, as per the FIR registered against him, are that he committed cruelty towards his wife-Santosh Rani and maltreated her in order to pressurize her to bring more dowry. He misappropriated the Ishtridhan of complainant. He was charged, tried and ultimately convicted and sentenced in the aforesaid terms. The appeal preferred by him was also dismissed. Heard. Sufficient evidence has been led in order to establish the charges against the petitioner. The evidence, on the Criminal Revision No. 1318 of 2001 -2- ..... basis of which findings of fact have been returned by the Courts below, appears to have been appreciated in the right perspective. Faced with the situation, learned counsel for the petitioner has prayed for extending some leniency on the quantum of sentence. The occurrence took place way back in the year 1984 and the petitioner has already suffered a lot of agony due to the pendency of proceedings in the Courts since then. He has already undergone about 2 months of the substantive sentence. The marriage was dissolved and the petitioner is now remarried and has three children. Under these circumstances, it would be in the fitness of things to extend some leniency on the quantum of sentence. In the peculiar circumstances of the case, this petition is dismissed with the modification in the sentence to that of already undergone. Copy of the order be sent to the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kaithal for compliance. (A.N.JINDAL) JUDGE 09.12.2010 neetu