IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No. 1590 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: September 02, 2011 Baj Singh .. Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .. Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.N. Jindal Present: Mr. B.D. Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Bhavna Gupta, DAG, Punjab. A.N. Jindal, J Custody certificate produced by the learned State counsel is taken on record. Assailed in this petition is the judgment dated 7.7.2011 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Mukatsar, dismissing the appeal filed by the accused-petitioner (herein referred as, 'the accused') against the judgment dated 27.8.2008 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mukatsar, convicting and sentencing him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay fine of `500/- under Section 452/354 IPC on both counts. At the very outset without assailing the finding of conviction, it has been submitted that the petitioner has already undergone about three months of the substantive sentence, therefore, he may be dealt with leniently on the quantum of sentence. Having examined the impugned judgment, the evidence appears to have been appreciated in the right perspective. Both the courts below have returned concurrent findings of fact that the accused was guilty of the offence for which he was charged. No illegality much less irregularity or perversity has been detected or pointed out warranting interference by this court. As such, no exception to the opinion expressed by the courts below could be made at this revisional stage. Now coming to the quantum of sentence, it may be observed that the occurrence took place way back in the year 2004; the petitioner has already suffered a lot due to the protracted proceedings pending against him Criminal Revision No. 1590 of 2011 (O&M) -2- *** since then; he has already undergone about three months of the substantive sentence, as such, I am of the considered opinion that ends of justice would be met if some leniency is extended to him. Resultantly, this revision petition is dismissed with the modification in the sentence which is reduced to that of already undergone by him without any alteration in the sentence of fine. September 02, 2011 (A.N. Jindal) deepak Judge