IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

101 Date of decision: 19.09.2025 Bhushan Chander .....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANJARI NEHRU KAUL Present : Mr. K.S. Nalwa, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. H.S. Deol, Sr. DAG, Punjab.

Mr. Harsh Aggarwal, Advocate for Punjab State Warehousing Corporation.

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MANJARI NEHRU KAUL , J .

1. The present revision petition has been preferred by the petitioner-revisionist, Bhushan Chander, assailing the concurrent findings of conviction recorded against him under Sections 409, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC by the learned Judicial Magistrate 1^st Class, Zira, vide judgement dated 12.10.1996, as modified in appeal by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Ferozepur on 11.10.2000.

2. The learned Trial Court had sentenced the petitioner to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 03 years under Sections 409 and 467 IPC, which was reduced to 02 years each by the learned Appellate Court while affirming the conviction in toto.

3. This Court, in Criminal Revision No.359 of 2001, initially set aside the conviction on the ground of want of sanction under Section 197 of the Cr.P.C. However, the Hon'ble Supreme Cou