Kuldeep Singh @ Keepa vs State Of Punjab

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2024 Supreme(P&H) 1607

PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH
SURESHWAR THAKUR, SUDEEPTI SHARMA
Kuldeep Singh @ Keepa – Appellant
Versus
State Of Punjab – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant :Mr. Nandan Jindal, Advocate
For the Respondent: Mr. Maninderjit Singh Bedi, Addl. A.G., Punjab

JUDGMENT :

Sureshwar Thakur, J.

The instant appeal is directed against the impugned verdict, as made on 30.5.2013, upon Sessions Case No. 116 of 4.12.2007, by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Sangrur, where through in respect of charges drawn against the accused-appellants qua offences punishable under Sections 392 and 302 IPC, the learned trial Judge concerned, proceeded to record a finding of conviction against the accused-appellants.

2. Moreover, through a separate sentencing order of even date, the learned trial Judge concerned, sentenced both the convicts-appellants in the hereafter extracted manner-

3. All the above imposed sentences of imprisonment, were ordered to run concurrently However, the period of detention undergone by the accused-appellant, during the investigations, and, trial of the case, was, in terms of Section 428 of the Cr.P.C., rather ordered to be set off from the above imposed sentence(s) of imprisonment.

Factual Background

4. The genesis of the prosecution case, becomes embodied in the appeal FIR, to which Ex PA/1 is assigned. As per the prosecution case, on 22.03.2007, Inspector Daljit Singh, SHO of Police Station Sadar Sunam along with other police offic