Hakam Singh v. State of Haryana

CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH

Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? PRESENT: Mr. R. N. Lohan, Advocate for Mr. Ram Kumar Saini, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. J. S. Rattu, DAG, Haryana, for the State. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. The petitioner has been convicted for offences under Sections 326 and 452 IPC and was sentenced to undergo RI for three years. Upon his appeal having been dismissed, the petitioner has filed the present revision petition to impugn his conviction as well as sentence. Notice was issued only qua quantum of sentence. Meaning that challenge on merits, as raised in the revision, CRIMINAL REVISION NO.1398 OF 2011 :{ 2 }: was not considered justified by this court. Counsel for the petitioner says that the petitioner has already undergone sentence of nearly 10 months out of the total imprisonment imposed. As per the custody certificate, which is handed over by the State counsel today in Court and taken on record, as on date the petitioner has undergone sentence of 10 months and 22 days out of the sentence imposed. Taking lenient view of the matter, the sentence imposed under Section 326 IPC is reduced to two years RI from three years. However, the sentence of two years RI as awarded under Section 452 IPC is maintained. With this modification in the sentence, the revision is dismissed. November 07, 2011 khurmi ( RANJIT SINGH ) JUDGE