THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.713 OF 2005 DATED 8th DECEMBER, 2010. BETWEEN : Mala Kundavaram Pradeep & another ..Petitioners-A.1 & A.2 and The State of A.P. ..Respondent THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.713 OF 2005 ORDER: This is a revision arising out of conviction and sentence passed by the learned III Additional Sessions Judge, Kurnool at Nandyal, in Criminal Appeal No.133 of 2003 on 25.03.2005. Initially, the petitioners-accused were prosecuted by the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Nandyal, in C.C.No.244 of 2003 in which the accused were convicted under Section 248 (2) Cr.P.C. and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of Rs.500/- each, in default to suffer rigorous imprisonment for further one month for the offence punishable under Section 392 of Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’). Challenging the same petitioners filed an appeal. In appeal, the learned III Additional Sessions Judge confirmed the conviction and sentence passed on the petitioners by the trial Court. Aggrieved over the same, present revision has been preferred. Heard. After arguing for sometime, the learned counsel for the petitioners by not pressing the main prayer confined his arguments to the extent of imposition of sentence and requested the Court to show some indulgence on the petitioners. In view of the said submission, this Court is of the view that merits of the Prosecution case and impugned judgment need not be adjudicated. Admittedly, the occurrence is of the year 2003 and for all these years the petitioners suffered humiliation and also stigma in the society. Further the learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are the only breadwinners of their respective family. After a lapse of this long time, there is no necessity of sending the petitioners to prison. In these circumstances, this Court is inclined to show some lenience against the petitioners. Accordingly, the conviction imposed by the trial Court and as confirmed by the Appellate Court is hereby confirmed. However, considering the circumstances of the case, the sentence of imprisonment imposed on the petitioners is hereby reduced to that of the period already undergone by them in prison. The remaining portion of the impugned judgment including fine amount shall stand unchanged. With above modification, the Criminal Revision Case is disposed of. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 08.12.2010 sur