Surjinderjit Singh Alias Vinod v. State Of Punjab

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.No. 3940 of 2010 in Criminal Revision No.218 of 2010 Date of decision:- 06.4.2010 Surjinderjit Singh alias Vinod

...Petitioner

Versus

State of Punjab

...Respondent

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present:- Mr. Tejinder Pal Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab.

RAM CHAND GUPTA J.(Oral) Crl. Revision No.218 of 2010 Heard.

Admitted.

Crl. Misc. No.3940 of 2010 Custody certificate has been filed, which is taken on record. The present application filed under Section 397(2) Cr.P.C. is for suspension of sentence of the applicant-petitioner Surjinderjit Singh alias Vinod during the pendency of the revision petition. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the whole record carefully.

Argues that the revision-petitioner has been convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 1 year with a fine of Rs.1000/- for commission of offence under Section 363 IPC. It has been stated that the applicant-petitioner has already undergone 2 months and 22 days out of total sentence.

Learned counsel for the State has not disputed these facts. The appeal will take time to mature. The applicant-petitioner has already undergone 2 months and 22 days out of total sentence. Hence, in view of these facts and without expressing any opinion

Criminal Misc.No. 3940 of 2010 in Criminal Revision No.218 of 2010 -2on the merits of the case, the application for suspension of sentence of the applicant-petitioner Surjinderjit Singh alias Vinod is accepted and the remaining sentence of the applicant-petitioner is suspended during the pendency of the revision-petition.

Bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Patiala.

April 06, 2010 ( RAM CHAND GUPTA ) vj JUDGE