102 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 20.01.2026 Pronounced on:22.01.2026 Swarn Singh ...Appellant vs.

State of Punjab …Respondent Coram : Hon’ble Mr. Justice N.S.Shekhawat Hon’ble Mr. Justice H.S.Grewal Present : Mr. Arnav Sood, Advocate (Amicus Curiae)

for the appellant.

Mr. Rahul Jindal, AAG, Punjab.

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N.S.Shekhawat J.

1. The appellant has filed the present appeal against the impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentenced dated 11.09.2023 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (Adhoc), Amritsar, whereby, the appellant has been convicted for commission of the offences punishable under Sections

302 of IPC.

2. The FIR (Ex. PC) in the present case was registered on the basis of the statement made by Tarsem Singh S/o Mukhtar Singh and the same has been reproduced below:-

“Statement of Tarsem singh s/o Mukhtiar Singh, aged about 35 years, caste Mazhbi, r/o village Khasa. It is stated that I am a resident of village Khasa and do labour work. Today, it was about 7 p.m. I, Baljinder Singh s/o Gurbachan Singh, Mazhbi r/o Khase, who is my cousin (my real maternal aunt's son) and his brother Lakhwinder Singh @ Lakha, r/o Khase, the three of us had