Sudha Singh @ Sidhu vs State Of Punjab

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2025 Supreme(P&H) 1134

PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH
GURVINDER SINGH GILL, JASJIT SINGH BEDI
Sudha Singh @ Sidhu – Appellant
Versus
State Of Punjab – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : Mr. D.S. Virk
For the Respondent: Mr. Harkanwar Jeet Singh, Asstt. A.G., Punjab.

JUDGMENT :

Jasjit Singh Bedi, J.

The present appeal has been filed against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 05.02.2005 passed by the Sessions Judge, Amritsar.

2. The FIR was registered on 17.02.2003, the judgment of conviction and order of sentence passed by the Sessions Judge, Amritsar is dated 05.02.2005, the appeal was filed on 28.03.2005 and the matter is being taken up for hearing now i.e. after a period of 22 years from the date of registration of the FIR.

3. The prosecution story, in brief, is that Dilbagh Singh alias Bagha deceased had illicit relations with the daughter-in-law of the brother of the accused and on that ground, he was nourishing a grudge against him. On 17.02.2003. he, alongwith his father Chanchai Singh, PW5 was coming back to his house in a rickshaw after loading a bag of feed from the house of Gurmit Singh Dodhi, resident of Panjwar. At that time, he was pedalling the rickshaw whereas Chanchai Singh (complainant) was sitting on the back seat thereof. When at about 8.00 am, they reached in front of the place of Baba Balmik, the accused came there from the back side holding a Ghotna (round wooden bat meant for grinding salt etc) and gave a