{"id":165866,"date":"2009-04-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sukhmander-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-on-20-april-2009"},"modified":"2016-12-08T19:30:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T14:00:48","slug":"sukhmander-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-on-20-april-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sukhmander-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-on-20-april-2009","title":{"rendered":"Sukhmander Singh vs State Of Punjab on 20 April, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sukhmander Singh vs State Of Punjab on 20 April, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>                          Crl.R. No.473 of 2004                         -1-\n\n\nIN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH\n\n\n                                        CASE NO.: Crl.R. No.473 of 2004\n\n                                      DATE OF DECISION: April 20, 2009\n\n\nSUKHMANDER SINGH                                        ...PETITIONER\n\n                                    VERSUS\n\nSTATE OF PUNJAB                                         ...RESPONDENT<\/pre>\n<p>CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA.<\/p>\n<p>PRESENT: MR. C.S. RANA, ADVOCATE<br \/>\n         FOR MR. S.S. RANA, ADVOCAE FOR THE PETITIONER.<br \/>\n         MS. AMBIKA LUTHRA, AAG, PUNJAB.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J.(ORAL)<\/p>\n<p>            The petitioner has been convicted by the Chief Judicial<\/p>\n<p>Magistrate, Moga under Section 294-A IPC and sentenced to undergo R.I.<\/p>\n<p>for 3 months and to pay a fine of Rs.200\/-, in default of payment of fine to<\/p>\n<p>further undergo R.I. for 15 days and was also convicted under Section 420<\/p>\n<p>IPC and was sentenced to undergo R.I. for 2 years and to a pay a fine of<\/p>\n<p>Rs.500\/-, in default of payment of fine to further undergo R.I. for 3 months<\/p>\n<p>vide judgement dated 20.5.2002. The appeal filed by the petitioner has been<\/p>\n<p>dismissed by the Addl. Sessions Judge, Moga vide judgement dated<\/p>\n<p>3.2.2004, and the conviction and sentence of the petitioner as imposed by<\/p>\n<p>the trial Court have been upheld.\n<\/p>\n<p>            The only argument raised by the counsel for the petitioner is<\/p>\n<p>that as the petitioner has undergone more than 9 months of actual sentence<\/p>\n<p>out of the substantive sentence of 2 years under Section 420 IPC and that he<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                             Crl.R. No.473 of 2004                         -2-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>has faced the agony of long and protracted trial, therefore, a lenient view be<\/p>\n<p>taken while sentencing the petitioner.\n<\/p>\n<p>            The period of detention as undergone by the petitioner is not<\/p>\n<p>denied by the counsel for the State.\n<\/p>\n<p>            In view of the aforementioned facts, I upheld the conviction of<\/p>\n<p>the petitioner under Section 294-A and 420 IPC. However, as far as the<\/p>\n<p>question of sentence is concerned, I find that the petitioner has already<\/p>\n<p>undergone 9 months of imprisonment and has also faced a long and<\/p>\n<p>protracted trial of more than 12 years. In this view of the matter, I reduce<\/p>\n<p>the sentence of the petitioner under Section 294-A and 420 IPC to the one<\/p>\n<p>already undergone by him.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Revision petition disposed of.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<pre>April 20, 2009                            (ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA)\nGulati                                         JUDGE\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Sukhmander Singh vs State Of Punjab on 20 April, 2009 Crl.R. No.473 of 2004 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CASE NO.: Crl.R. No.473 of 2004 DATE OF DECISION: April 20, 2009 SUKHMANDER SINGH &#8230;PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB &#8230;RESPONDENT CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA. 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