Allahabad High Court
Ashrafi Lal And Others vs State Of U.P. on 25 September, 2019
Bench: Sudhir Agarwal
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
?Court No. - 34
Case :- CRIMINAL REVISION No. - 1718 of 1998
Revisionist :- Ashrafi Lal And Others
Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.
Counsel for Revisionist :- R.K. Pandey,Shailendra Singh
Counsel for Opposite Party :- Govt. Advocate
Hon'ble Sudhir Agarwal,J.
1. Heard Sri Shyam Singh Sengar, Advocate holding brief of Sri Shailendra Singh, learned counsel for revisionists and learned A.G.A. for State.
2. This criminal revision under Section 397/401 Cr.P.C., has been filed aggrieved by the judgments and orders dated 05.09.1997 and 26.09.1998. The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kanpur Dehat vide order dated 05.09.1997 convicted revisionists and sentenced them to undergo six months rigorous imprisonment under Section 323 IPC; one year rigorous imprisonment under Section 324/34 IPC; and, one year and six months rigorous imprisonment under Section 325/34 IPC. Thereagainst, revisionists preferred Criminal Appeal No. 19 of 1997 and Appellate Court while dismissing appeal, confirmed order of conviction and sentence passed by Trial Court. Being aggrieved the revisionists preferred present revision.
3. It is contended by learned counsel for revisionists that release of revisionists was sought by giving benefit of Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 (hereinafter referred to as ?Act, 1958?) but Trial Court rejected the same without giving any reason and Lower Appellate Court has also not examined this aspect of the matter. The accused-revisionists have no criminal antecedents. Learned counsel for the revisionists further prayed for taking lenient view and extending the benefit of Section 4 of Act, 1958 to accused-revisionists.
4. Learned A.G.A. has submitted that he has no objection if the conviction of accused-revisionists is maintained.
5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this revision deserves to be allowed in part on the point of sentence. The conviction of accused-revisionists recorded by Court below is hereby affirmed and upheld. The quantum of sentence is being modified. Revisionists be released giving benefit of Section 4 of Act, 1958 on execution of personal bond of Rs.10,000/- each with photograph on the condition of maintaining peace and good behaviour for a period of two years from the date of acceptance of bond by the concerned Court below. The personal bond shall be filed to the satisfaction of concerned Court below. In the event of breach of aforesaid conditions, the Court below would be competent to summon the accused and would be at liberty to pass appropriate orders for sentence against accused-revisionists in accordance with law, keeping in view the judgment of Lower Appellate Court.
6. With the aforesaid observations, this revision is partly allowed and judgments and orders dated 05.09.1997 and 26.09.1998 passed by Courts below are modified accordingly.
7. Certify this judgment to the lower Court immediately.
Order Date :- 25.9.2019
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