Penal Code, 1860–Secs. 326/149, 325/149, 324/149 & 148 [Corresponding Secs. 118(2)/190, 117(2)/190, 118(1)/190 & 191(3) of BNS, 2023]–Conviction–Payer to reduce the sentence without pressing the conviction–Incident took place in the year 1988–Appellants remained entengled in the carridors of Courts and faced uncertainity, anxiety and mental trauma for over three decades–They have already undergone a few months of incarceration–They were young at the time of incident and they are not habitual offenders–Held, sentence is modified up to the period of already undergone.
