IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

228 Date of decision: 28.11.2025 Jaskaran Singh @ Jassi and others ...Appellant(s)

VERSUS State of Punjab and another ...Respondent(s)

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Vinod Kumar, Advocate for the appellants.

Ms. Savi Nagpal, AAG Haryana.

Mr. J.J.S. Uppal, Advocate for Mr. P.S. Miglani, Advocate for respondent No.2.

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VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral)

CRM-9376-2020 and CRM-22412-2025 CRM-9376-2020 has been filed for disposal of the appeal in view of the compromise dated 11.02.2020 (Annexure A-1) and CRM-22412- 2025 has been filed for compounding of offence in view of the settlement between the parties.

Main case

1. The instant appeal has been filed against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 27.08.2019 passed by the Sessions Judge, Hoshiarpur, in case bearing FIR No. 96 dated 5/6/2017 registered under section 308, 341, 323, 506 and 34 of IPC at P.S. Mukerian District Hoshiarpur, whereby the appellants have even though been acquitted of offence under Section 308 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 but have been convicted and sentenced for other offences as under:-

Appellant No.1- Jaskaran Singh @ Jassi Sr. Offence Under Rigorous Imprisonment No. Section

1 323 IPC To undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay fine of Rs. 1000/-. In default of payment of fine to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for

10 (ten) days.

2 323/34 IPC To undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay fine of Rs.1000/-. In default of payment of fine to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for

10 (ten) days.

3 341 IPC To undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one month and to pay fine of Rs.500/-. In default of payment of fine to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for

7 (Seven) days.

4 506 I.P.C. To undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay fine of Rs.1000/-. In default of payment of fine to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for

10 (ten) days.

Appellant No.2- Gurmit Singh @ Jeet Sr. Offence Under Rigorous Imprisonment No. Section

1 323 IPC To undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay fine of Rs.1000/-. In default of payment of fine to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for

10 (ten) days.

Appellant No.3- Jaswinder Singh @ Keshu

2. The prosecution case, as it emerges from the record, is that complainant Ravinder Singh is the nephew of Hardev Kaur who is the Sarpanch of village Bishanpur. It is alleged that Darshan Singh son of Gurbachan Singh resident of village Bishanpur had been encroaching upon the village pond by dumping earth. Hardev Kaur in her capacity as Sarpanch submitted an application before the competent authorities upon which Darshan Singh was restrained from carrying out the aforesaid encroachment. On 03.06.2017 while the complainant was watching a cricket match in the village playground, accused Jaskaran Singh @ Jassi son of Darshan Singh armed with a wicket along with two unknown boys armed with bats in their hands arrived on a motorcycle bearing registration No. PB07-AH-6668. They stopped the motorcycle near the complainant whereupon Jaskaran Singh proclaimed that the complainant was the nephew of the Sarpanch and thereafter dealt a blow with the wicket with the intention to kill him which landed on the right side of his head causing bleeding. When the complainant attempted to run away, Jaskaran Singh again intercepted him and gave another wicket blow which the complainant attempted to ward off by raising his left arm resulting in the blow landing on the left side near his chest. The complainant fell to the ground whereafter the two unknown boys inflicted bat blows which landed on his right shoulder and left knee. The complainant raised hue and cry upon which the aforesaid assailants fled from the spot along with their weapons while extending threats to his life. His uncle Dalbir Singh reached the spot and removed him to the Civil Hospital, Mukerian for treatmen