DEEPAK GUPTA
Gurmukh Singh – Appellant
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State of Punjab – Respondent
DEEPAK GUPTA, J.
In sessions case No.798 of 2013 arising out of case FIR No.128 dated 12.11.2012, registered at Police Station Bahav Wala, under Sections 307, 336, 506, 353 & 186 of the IPC read with Section 25 & 27/54/59 of the Arms Act, the appellant Gurmukh Singh was tried by the Court of Learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fazilka. Vide judgment dated 16.12.2013, though he was acquitted of the other charges but was convicted for committing offences under Sections 336 & 506 of the Indian Penal Code. Vide a separate order of even date, he was sentenced to pay a fine of ?200/- for committing offence under Section 336 of the IPC. He was also sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay a fine of ?5,000/- for committing the offence under Section 506 of the IPC with default sentence of three months.
2. It is against the aforesaid judgment of conviction and order of sentence that this appeal is filed.
3. It is contended by learned counsel for the appellant that Trial Court failed to acknowledge that all the material witnesses including complainant had turned hostile and so, there was no credible evidence to establish the guilt of the appellant. The story
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