In an oral judgment, the High Court dismissed the criminal revision seeking revision of a conviction. The court found no perversity in the impugned judgment but reduced the sentence to the period already undergone by the petitioner in custody.
Sentence reduced to one already undergone by the petitioner.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Revision No.19 of 2016 Arising Out of Bikramganj P.S. Case No.52 Year 1997 District- SASARAM (ROHTAS) =========================================================== Ashok Kumar Singh, Son of Late Kailash Singh, Resident of Village - Mathiya, P.S. - Bikramganj, District - Rohtas. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Respondent/s =========================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sada Nand Roy, Adv. For the State : Mr. Tapeshwar Sharma, A.P.P. =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL JUDGMENT Date: 11-02-2016
Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner and the State. The Petitioner seeks revision of the Judgment of conviction dated 28.9.2015 passed by the 9th Additional Sessions Judge, Rohtas at Sasaram in Criminal Appeal No. 108 of 2002. Having gone through the impugned judgment, I do not find any perversity and, hence, the application stands dismissed. However, considering the period of custody undergone by the Petitioner, the sentence is reduced to one already undergone by him.
(Anjana Prakash, J) S.Ali/U T
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the judgment of conviction ought to be revised.
Ashok Kumar Singh
The State of Bihar
Anjana Prakash
As recorded by the court registry
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