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PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH
GURVINDER SINGH GILL, JASJIT SINGH BEDI
Rajni – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Jasjit Singh Bedi, J.
1. The present appeal has been filed against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 19.02.2004 passed by the Sessions Judge, Kurukshetra.
2. The FIR was registered on 07.04.2002, the judgment of conviction and order of sentence passed by the Sessions Judge, Kurukshetra is dated 19.02.2004, the appeal was filed on 09.04.2004 and the matter is being taken up for hearing now i.e. after a period of 23 years from the date of registration of the FIR.
3. The brief facts of the prosecution case are that complainant-Sanjay Rawat aged about 16 years was residing with his family in the campus of the Regional Engineering College (now National Institute of Technology), Kurukshetra. He had a brother named Sunil Kumar aged about 18 years and three sisters who were all married. His youngest sister Nirmala was married with Vivek Rawat of Ambala Cantt. Vivek Rawat was in the business of the manufacture of boxes for sweets. Accused Rajni was employed there as labourer. Vivek Rawat was not satisfied with her work and, therefore, removed her. So Rajni took umbrage to it. Thereafter about one year before the present occurrence Rajni came to the house of the c
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