JUDGMENT

1. - The appeal is directed against the judgment of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Sri Ganganagar dated August 27, 1981, by convicting and sentencing the appellant Harbhajan Singh as under:

S. No.	Offence under section	Sentence awarded
(1)	302, Indian Penal Code	imprisonment for life
(2)	25(1)(c), Arms Act	Rigorious imprisonment for four months;
(3)	27, Arms Act	Four months' rigorous imprisonment.

The sentences were directed to run concurrently.

2. Briefly stated, the prosecution case is that the deceased Jagjit Singh aged about 20 years, was the son of PW 1 Atma Singh and PW 2 Smt. Mahindra Kaur. He was living with them in Chak-2, P.S. Karanpur District Sri Ganganagar. The appellant Harbhajan Singh, aged about 22/23 years, is also a resident of the same Chak. Heera Ram Nayak, who is father of the coaccused Peeruram (acquitted by the Court below) was share-cropper of the appellant. The appellant developed illicit connections with the wife of the share-cropper Peeruram. The deceased Jagjitsingh had seen the appellant and the wife of Peeruram in compromising position in his field. This displeased the appellant. It is suggested that this annoyance prompted the appellant t

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