1. Appellant Muhammad Bux has preferred this appeal against hip conviction for an offence punishable under section 409, P.P.C. Read with section 5(2) of Act II of 1947 and sentence therefore of rigorous imprisonment for one year and fine Rs.8,000 or rigorous imprisonment for one year more in default awarded by the learned Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, Sukkur by Judgment, dated 16-9-1980.
2. The learned counsel for the appellant does not press the appeal on merits but he submits that lenient view may be taken in awarding sentence and fine may be imposed in lieu .Of un expired portion of substantive sentence of imprisonment on considering the duration of the case which was instituted in the year 1975. The learned A.A.-G. Concedes in principle to the consideration for leniency in sentence.
3. The appellant is alleged to have misappropriated Government money to the tune of Rs.8,000 when he was recovery Tapedar in the year 1975. The case was registered against him on 22-5-1976 and it was decided on 16-9-1980. This appeal was filed on 23-9-1980 and hash remained pending since then. Considering the duration of the peril of prosecution hanging over the head of the appellant since 1976, the A sentence awarded on the appellant is reduced to the imprisonment already undergone with fine Rs.10,000 or rigorous imprisonment for one year in default. The counsel for the appellant requests for 1i, months time for payment of the fine. The fine shall be paid within 1i months. With modification of the sentence as aforesaid, the appeal stands dismissed.