The present criminal revision application, under Section 397 read with Section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the “Cr.P.C.”), has been filed by the petitioners being aggrieved by judgment and order, dated 01.07.2014, passed by the learned Ad hoc Additional Sessions Judge-III, Rohtas at Sasaram, in Cr. Appeal No. 18 of 2012, arising out of Complaint Case No. 172(C) of 1997, giving rise to Trial No. 118 of 2012.

2. By the judgment and order of conviction and sentence, dated 04.02.2012, learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Bikramganj, passed in Complaint Case No. 172 of 1997, while holding the petitioners’ guilty of offence punishable under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as the “IPC”), has sentenced them to undergo imprisonment for a term of 2 years and a fine of Rs. 5,000/- each. On appeal, learned Sessions Judge, Rohtas at Sasaram, confirmed the judgment of conviction and order of sentence, dated 04.02.2012, by the impugned judgment and order dated 01.07.2014.

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