IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No.1173 of 2003 Date of decision: February 08, 2010 Tarlok Singh and others .. Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab .. Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.N. Jindal Present: Mr. Harinder Singh, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. B.B.S. Teji, AAG, Punjab for the respondent. A.N. Jindal, J Assailed in this petition is the judgment dated 16.5.2003 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Amrisar, dismissing the appeal filed by the petitioners-accused herein referred as 'the petitioners') against the judgment dated 7.4.1999 passed by the Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Patti, convicting and sentencing them to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay fine of Rs.200/- each, for the offences under Sections 332, 353, 506, 343 IPC. However, during appeal, his conviction under Sections 332/353 IPC was set aside, and they were convicted under Section 352 IPC and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three months and to pay fine of Rs.400/- each. Since, Gurmukh Singh had already undergone the entire sentence, therefore, the revision petition qua him is not pressed. At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioner has not assailed the judgment of conviction and has prayed for taking a lenient view on the quantum of sentence. Even otherwise, having perused the impugned judgment, no defect or illegality much less irregularity has been found in the conduct and procedure. The evidence appears to have been appreciated in the right perspective. Now coming to quantum of sentence, since the petitioners have already suffered a lot due to the protracted proceedings and have already undergone about 3 ½ months out of the substantive sentence, some leniency on the quantum of sentence is warranted. Criminal Revision No.1173 of 2003 -2- *** In these circumstances, this revision petition is dismissed with the modification in the sentence to that of already undergone by them. However, the sentence of fine is enhanced to Rs.10,000/- each, which would be deposited by them with the trial court within three months from today, failing which this petition would be treated as dismissed in toto. February 08, 2010 (A.N. Jindal) deepak Judge