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2013 (11) TMI 858 - HC - CustomsQuantification of punishment - Conviction u/s 135 - Appellants do not contest conviction but only period of imprisonment - Held that:- petitioners are senior citizens and are facing the agony of trial for the last more than 23 years and no purpose would be served by sending them behind bars after such a long period, the petitioners are stated to be first offenders and they are having no criminal background as no criminal case is pending against them, they have also undergone actual custody of 01 year 02 months and 24 days against the total sentence of three years and keeping in view the limited prayer of the petitioners as the learned counsel for the petitioners does not want to contest conviction, the sentence of the petitioners is reduced to the period already undergone, if not required in any other case - However, amount of fine increased - Decided partly in favour of appellants.
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