Pritam Singh And ORS. v. State Of Punjab And ANR.

Crl. Revision No. 2385 of 2011 (O&M) -1- In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Crl. Revision No. 2385 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 02.2.2015 Pritam Singh and others ......Petitioners

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State of Punjab and another ......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA

Present:

Mr. Veneet Sharma, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. V.P.S.Sidhu, AAG, Punjab.

Mr. Malkeet Singh, Advocate for respondent No. 2.

**** SABINA, J.

Petitioners had faced the trial qua commission of offence punishable under Section 148, 326, 324, 323 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ('IPC' for short) in a complaint filed by respondent No. 2. Trial Court vide judgment/order dated 9.4.2008 ordered the conviction and sentence of the petitioners under Section 326, 324, 323, 148, 149 IPC. Appeal filed by the petitioners against the said judgment/order of their conviction and sentence was partly allowed by the Appellate Court vide order dated 23.9.2011 and conviction of petitioner No. 1-Pritam Singh under Section 326 IPC and conviction of the remaining petitioners under Section 326 read with Section 149 IPC was set aside by converting the same under Section 324/149 IPC. However, conviction of the petitioners under Section 148, 324, 323 IPC was GURPREET SINGH 2015.02.04 16:04 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Chandigarh

Crl. Revision No. 2385 of 2011 (O&M) -2upheld. Hence, the present petition by the petitioners. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that during the pendency of this petition, parties have amicably settled their dispute before the Mediation and Conciliation Centre. Learned counsel for the petitioners has not challenged the conviction of the petitioners under Section 148, 324, 323 IPC but has submitted that sentence qua imprisonment of the petitioners be reduced to the period already undergone by them. The submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners have not been opposed by the learned counsel for respondent No. 2.

A perusal of Annexure A-1, copy of the settlement/agreement dated 18.3.2014, reveals that before the Mediation and Conciliation Centre, parties had amicably settled their land dispute as well as the dispute involved in the present case.

Accordingly, conviction of the petitioners under Section 148, 324, 323 IPC is maintained. However, sentence qua imprisonment of the petitioners is reduced to the period already undergone by them.

Petition stands disposed of accordingly.

(SABINA) JUDGE February 02, 2015 Gurpreet GURPREET SINGH 2015.02.04 16:04 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Chandigarh