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2021 Supreme(P&H) 420

RAJBIR SEHRAWAT
Gurdeep Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioners: Mr. R.S. Cheema, Mr. K.S. Nalwa, Mr. A.S. Cheema, Mr. Chakitan V.S. Papta, Mr. Ashok Aggarwal.
For the Respondents: Mr. Sidharth Ludhra, Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, Mr. Karan Bharihoke, Mr. Pankaj Singhal, Mr. R.S. Bains, Mr. M.S. Chauhan, Mr. Sumeet Goel, Ms. Diya Sodhi, Ms. Anusha Nagarajan, Ms. Shubhangini Jain.

JUDGMENT :

RAJBIR SEHRAWAT, J.

1. This judgment/order shall dispose of the abovesaid two writ petitions.

2. At the outset, it deserves mention that three incidents of alleged sacrilege qua Guru Granth Sahib; the Holy Book of Sikhs; are stated to have taken place from June to October 2015 in district Faridkot in Punjab. Some protests were held against the alleged sacrilege. During the process of maintaining the law and order situation the police are stated to have fired upon the protestors at village Behbal Kalan under Police Station Bajakhana, District Fridkot; wherein two persons are alleged to have died, and also at Kotkapura; where some police persons were seriously injured and one protestor is alleged to have received grievous gunshot injury on thigh and some other persons are alleged to have received minor injuries. For all those incidents; at least 7 FIRs have been registered. Some FIRs were from the side of Police and some were from the side of protestors. These FIRs are as under:-

    (A) Alleged Sacrilege FIRs

    (i) FIR No. 63 dated 2.6.2015, Police Station Bajakhana.

    (ii) FIR No. 117 dated 25.9.2015 Police Station Bajakhana.

    (iii) FIR No. 128 dated 12.10.2015 Police Station Bajakhana.

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