IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No.2171 of 2005 Date of Decision 03.03.2010 Ami Lal ...... Petitioner(s) VERSUS State of Haryana ...... Respondent(s) CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.N.JINDAL Present: Mr.N.S.Shekhawat, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Rajiv Malhotra, Addl. Advocate General, Haryana. ***** A.N.JINDAL, J(ORAL): This petition is directed against the judgment dated 10.11.2005, passed by Sessions Judge, Narnaul, dismissing the appeal of the petitioner against the judgment dated 24/25.03.2005, passed by Chief Judicial Magistrate, Narnaul, convicting and sentencing him to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of 8 months and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/- under Section 61(1)(a) of the Punjab Excise Act, 1914. Charge against the petitioner was that he was found selling the liquor without any permit or licence and 45 pouches of liquor make “Mastana”, 48 pouches of liquor make “Sonfi and 9 bottles of liquor make “Mastana” were recovered from him. Ultimately, he was convicted and sentenced. His appeal also failed. Without assailing the judgment of conviction, learned counsel for the petitioner has urged for extending some leniency on the quantum of sentence. On scrutiny of the records, it transpires that the occurrence took place way back in the year 2001. The petitioner has already suffered a lot of agony due to the pendency of proceedings in the Courts. He has already undergone more than one month of the substantive sentence. Under these circumstances, it would be in the fitness of things to extend some leniency on the quantum of sentence. Resultantly, this petition is dismissed with the modification in the sentence to that of already undergone without any alteration in the sentence of fine. Copy of the order be sent to the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Narnaul, for compliance. (A.N.Jindal) Judge 03.03.2010 mamta-II