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The Trial Court recorded the conviction under Section 279, 338 and awarded sentence of imprisonment of six months and further sentenced to pay a fine of Rs.500\/- under Section 337.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the Supreme Court substituted the sentence by fine of Rs. 1000\/- each.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe conviction of appellant is affirmed, however, looking to the facts and circumstances of the present case specially the fact that 26 years have elapsed from the incident, we are inclined to substitute the sentence of six months imprisonment under Section 279 and 338 into fine. Six months sentence under Section 279 and 338 IPC are substituted by fine of Rs.1000\/- each whereas sentence of fine under Section 337 IPC is maintained.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[Surendran v. 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