IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

1.

LPA-1395-2019 (O&M)

Vikram Singh @ Vicky Walia

....Appellant

Versus

State of Punjab and others

...Respondents

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2.

LPA-1397-2019 (O&M)

Jasbir Singh @ Jassa

....Appellant

Versus

State of Punjab and others

...Respondents

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Reserved on: 22.09.2025

Pronounced on : 19.12.2025

Uploaded on: 31.12.2025

Whether only operative part of the judgment is pronounced or the

full judgment is pronounced :Full Judgment

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR MISHRA

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHIT KAPOOR

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Present: Ms. Gursharan Kaur Mann, Senior Advocate, assisted by

Ms. Armandeep Kaur Sidhu, Advocate

Mr. Sanjeev Sharma, Advocate

Mr. Anmol Jeevan Singh Gill, Advocate

Mr. Arshjot S. Moni, Advocate for the appellant(s).

Ms. Samdisha Kaur, AAG, Punjab.

Ms. Divya Sharma, Senior Panel Counsel,

for the applicant/respondent No.4-UOI.

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ROHIT KAPOOR, J.

“Every life deserves a certain amount of dignity,

no matter how poor or damaged the shell that carries it.”

(Rick Bragg, American Journalist & Writer.)

“Mercy to the guilty, is cruelty to the innocent.”

(Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher.)

Infringement of rights of the Appellants under Article 21 of the Constitution o