Harnam Singh @ Ranjit Singh vs State of Haryana

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2026 Supreme(P&H) 637

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
N.S.SHEKHAWAT, SUKHVINDER KAUR
Harnam Singh @ Ranjit Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant :Mr. Kartar Singh Dhillon, Advocate/Amicus Curiae
For the Respondent: Mr. Parmod Kumar, AAG, Haryana.

JUDGMENT :

N.S. SHEKHAWAT, J.

1. By way of the instant appeal, the appellant has assailed the legality of the impugned judgment and order 09.10.2004 passed by the Sessions Judge, Ambala, whereby the appellant was convicted for commission of offence under Section 302 IPC and was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.2,000/- along with stipulated condition.

2. As per the report under Section 173 Cr.P.C., the FIR Ex.PL/2 was registered against the appellant on the basis of the statement Ex.PL made by the complainant, namely, Hem Raj son of Ram Kishan and the same has been reproduced below:-

“....I am resident of aforesaid address and run a Dhaba on Trilokpur Road in front of Ruchira Paper Mill. There is a Shiv temple in the area of our village Dera and in that temple for the last 10-12 years, my maternal uncle in the relations used to work as a priest (Pujari) who has died. Due to this reason, we have frequent visits to the temple. About 2-21/2 months prior, we have also servant (Sewak) Ranjit Singh Chela of Karanpuri r/o Korwa Gurudawara came to the temple and started working as a priest in that temple. On seeing his moral character bad, the villager

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